U+A605 "ꘅ" Vai Syllable Nggen Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A605 "ꘅ" Vai Syllable Nggen is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically developed in the early 19th century for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "nggen," contributing to the representation of the language's distinctive sounds. It is encoded in the Unicode standard within the Vai block, ensuring digital preservation and exchange of Vai texts across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+A605
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Nggen
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꘅ
HTML Hex Encoding ꘅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x98 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA605
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A605
C/C++/Java Escape \ua605

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Vai
Script Extensions Vai
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter