What ꘥ means
It was devised, but the set never became popular.
The ten digits changed the look, not the familiar decimal values. The 2025 Unicode Standard says modern Vai literature uses European digits.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ꘥ show as an empty box?
Your active font may not include Vai characters. The character is still in the text; a font with Vai coverage can draw its glyph.
How to type ꘥
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A625, then Alt+X to get ꘥.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “vai digit five”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a625, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꘥CSS
\A625Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꘥
HTML hex
꘥
CSS content
content: "\A625";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%98%A5
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.