U+16E72 "𖹲" Medefaidrin Small Letter U Unicode Character

U+16E72 "𖹲" Medefaidrin Small Letter U is a glyph from the Medefaidrin script, an alphabet specifically created for the Medefaidrin language, also known as Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ, which was invented by a religious community in southeastern Nigeria. This character represents the sound of the vowel "u" in the Medefaidrin writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century and features both uppercase and lowercase letter forms. As part of the Medefaidrin block in Unicode, this small letter is used in written texts to convey the phonetic value of the close back rounded vowel, and it plays a role in preserving and digitally representing the unique linguistic heritage of the community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16E72
Version Added	11.0
Name	Medefaidrin Small Letter U
Block	Medefaidrin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖹲
HTML Hex Encoding	𖹲
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xB9 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDE72
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016E72
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\ude72

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"𖹒" U+16E52 Medefaidrin Capital Letter U
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𖹒" U+16E52 Medefaidrin Capital Letter U
Uppercase Code Point	"𖹒" U+16E52 Medefaidrin Capital Letter U
Titlecase Code Point	"𖹒" U+16E52 Medefaidrin Capital Letter U
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower