What ꘚ means
It is an old Vai word sign for “hear” or “understand.”
The Vai script developed in the 1830s, chiefly through Mọmọlu Duwalu Bukẹlẹ, who said a dream inspired him. Possible influences include Latin, Arabic, Cherokee, or an earlier picture-based script. The earliest known Vai writing sample, dated 1834, records a wish to write in Vai; around 1845, The Book of Ndole records ꘚ with this meaning.
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Who writes ꘚ
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꘚ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ꘚ
- Search it as
- ɗaŋ · Vai logogram · Vai script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ꘚCSS
\A61AHow to type ꘚ
Use a Vai keyboard or input tool. Display also needs a font that covers the Vai script.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꘚ
HTML hex
ꘚ
CSS content
content: "\A61A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%98%9A
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On screen
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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.