What ꗋ means
It writes one complete Vai syllable, read roughly as “to.” The Vai syllabary gives each short syllable its own sign.
Vai writing took shape in Liberia in the early 1830s, largely through Momolu Duwalu Bukele; a missionary account recorded it in 1834. Vai tradition ties its origin to a dream. It served correspondence, records and schooling alongside English and Arabic. Early texts also used logograms, signs for whole words. Its syllabic design influenced Mende, Loma and Kpelle in the first half of the twentieth century. A Cherokee influence remains uncertain.
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Who writes ꗋ
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Don't confuse it with
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Latin Capital Letter E
Latin Capital E is the same skeleton in Unicode's confusables list; the Vai To syllable can be mistaken for it in fonts, and it is typed in place of it.
Greek Capital Letter Epsilon
Greek capital epsilon is a confusable of Vai To; it looks like Latin E in most fonts, so a Greek-typed word can pass for an English one.
Cyrillic Capital Letter Ie
Cyrillic capital Ie looks identical to Latin E; the classic homograph trap in web addresses and passwords. Vai To is listed as its match too.
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Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter E
Fullwidth Latin capital E is a wide styled copy of E, listed as a confusable of Vai To; it stands out in running text but is easy to paste by mistake.
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Mathematical Double-Struck Capital E
Double-struck capital E is a mathematical styled copy of E, listed as a confusable of Vai To; it appears in math text and often gets copied in by accident.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꗋ show as a box?
The font may lack Vai glyphs. Switch to one with Vai coverage.
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How to type or find ꗋ
- Search it as
- Vai · Vai script · Vai syllabary · Vai letter to
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ꗋCSS
\A5CBhow to type ꗋ
Use an input method that supports Vai or a Unicode character picker.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꗋ
HTML hex
ꗋ
CSS content
content: "\A5CB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%97%8B
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.