U+A61B "ꘛ" Vai Symbol Doong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꘛ
U+A61B "ꘛ" Vai Symbol Doong is a logographic script element from the Vai language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific symbol represents the word "doong," which in the Vai language denotes a particular type of drum or the act of drumming, often associated with traditional music and cultural ceremonies. As part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, the character functions as a direct visual representation of the spoken word, preserving the linguistic and artistic heritage of the Vai people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A61B |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Symbol Doong |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꘛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꘛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x98 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA61B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A61B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua61b |