U+A619 "ꘙ" Vai Symbol Taa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꘙ
U+A619 "ꘙ" Vai Symbol Taa is a graphical sign from the Vai syllabary, which was historically used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "taa" and is part of a unique script invented in the early 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele. The Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous African writing systems with a well-documented origin, and the Taa symbol contributes to the script’s representation of tonal and syllabic sounds in the Vai language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A619 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Symbol Taa |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꘙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꘙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x98 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA619 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A619 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua619 |