U+A608 "ꘈ" Vai Syllable Me Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A608 "ꘈ" Vai Syllable Me is a grapheme from the Vai syllabary, a writing system indigenous to the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "me" in the Vai language, which is a part of the Mande language family. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Vai block, which includes characters for the Vai script that was historically used for religious and everyday writing. The character's unique design, featuring a distinctive circular shape with an internal mark, reflects the visual style of the Vai script and is used to form words and convey meaning in written Vai communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+A608
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Me
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꘈ
HTML Hex Encoding ꘈ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x98 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA608
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A608
C/C++/Java Escape \ua608

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