What ꘠ means
Read ꘠ as zero. Ten Vai-style decimal forms were devised in the 1920s as variants of European digits—the familiar 0–9. They kept the same decimal values while giving the numerals a Vai visual style.
The set gave decimal notation a Vai appearance without changing its values. Each form corresponds to one of the familiar digits from 0 to 9.
Keep ꘠ for historical Vai typography
As of 2026, ordinary Vai writing uses European digits; the ten Vai-style forms are historical rather than the everyday set. For ordinary Vai text, use 0. Use ꘠ when reproducing this historical style or studying its numeral forms.
Historical and typographic: ꘠ marks a Vai-styled zero, not a different value.
As of 2026, use 0 for ordinary Vai text; ꘠ belongs to the historical set.
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Who writes ꘠
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꘠ show as a box?
A font without Vai support can show ꘠ as a square or question mark. As of 2026, use a font that includes Vai glyphs and reload; the character itself has not changed.
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How to type or find ꘠
- Also called
- Vai zero · Vai numeral zero
- Search it as
- vai digit · vai numeral · vai number · vaii · zero glyph · vai font · vai keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
꘠\A620Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.