U+16E50 "𖹐" Medefaidrin Capital Letter B Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖹐
U+16E50 "𖹐" Medefaidrin Capital Letter B is part of the Medefaidrin script, a constructed writing system designed in the early 20th century by the Obong of Calabar in Nigeria for the Medefaidrin language, which is used as a sacred language for religious purposes. This specific character represents the uppercase version of the letter "B" in that script, and it belongs to the Medefaidrin block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2018 to support the preservation and digital representation of this unique alphabet. The Medefaidrin script is notable for its artistic, stylized shapes that resemble a blend of cursive and geometric forms, reflecting its intentional creation separate from other writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16E50 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Medefaidrin Capital Letter B |
| Block | Medefaidrin |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖹐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖹐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB9 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDE50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016E50 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\ude50 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| Lowercase Code Point | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| Simple Case Folding | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| Case Folding | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "𖹰" U+16E70 Medefaidrin Small Letter B |
| Script | Medefaidrin |
| Script Extensions | Medefaidrin |
| 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 | Upper |