What ꘣ means
It represents the number three in a Vai-specific decimal set.
Where did ꘣ come from?
The Vai script took shape in Liberia in the early 1830s.
It developed as a writing system for Vai correspondence and record-keeping. The ten Vai-specific digits came later: devised in the 1920s as Vai-style forms of European numerals. The set runs from zero through nine.
How do I type ꘣?
Use a Unicode hexadecimal input method on desktop.
In Windows Word or Outlook, type A623, select it, then press Alt+X. On macOS, enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and type A623. In GNOME/GTK on Linux, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type a623, then press Space or Enter. These application-specific routes were documented as of 2026.
A specialized numeral from a historical Vai-specific decimal design.
Outside a Vai-focused context, readers may not recognize it as three.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ꘣ show as a box?
It is a font-coverage issue. As of 2026, a square or empty box means the font in use lacks a glyph for ꘣; the underlying character is still the Vai digit for three.
How to type ꘣
꘣\A623Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.