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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Nko
Script Extensions Nko
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter