U+07CE "ߎ" NKo Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07CE "ߎ" NKo Letter U is a symbol from the NKo alphabet, a writing system created in 1949 by Solomana Kanté for the Manding languages of West Africa. This character represents the vowel sound [u] and is used in languages such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula, which are written in the NKo script. The NKo script is notable for its unique right to left directionality and its role in preserving and modernizing West African linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07CE |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Letter U |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07ce |