U+16E5C "𖹜" Medefaidrin Capital Letter R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖹜
U+16E5C "𖹜" Medefaidrin Capital Letter R is a glyph representing the uppercase version of the letter "R" in the Medefaidrin script, an artificial writing system created in the early 20th century by the prophet Obadiah and his followers for the Medefaidrin language spoken by the Ibibio people of Nigeria. This character is part of the Medefaidrin block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in version 11.0 (June 2018) to support the digital representation of this unique liturgical and vernacular script. The capital letter R is distinguished by its specific calligraphic shape, designed to reflect the phonological sounds of the language, and it plays a key role in preserving the written heritage of the Medefaidrin community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16E5C |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Medefaidrin Capital Letter R |
| Block | Medefaidrin |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖹜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖹜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xB9 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDE5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016E5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\ude5c |
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 | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| Simple Case Folding | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| Case Folding | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ð–¹¼" U+16E7C Medefaidrin Small Letter R |
| 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 |