U+16E74 "𖹴" Medefaidrin Small Letter L Unicode Character

U+16E74 "𖹴" Medefaidrin Small Letter L is a character from the Medefaidrin script, which was created in the 1930s as a constructed writing system for the Medefaidrin language, also known as "Obɛri ɔkaimɛ," used by a Christian community in southeastern Nigeria. This specific character represents the lowercase version of the letter L in the Medefaidrin alphabet, corresponding to the Latin letter L and its phonetic value. It is part of the Medefaidrin block in Unicode, which includes both uppercase and lowercase letters designed to support the written form of this language. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital representation and preservation of this unique script for modern communication and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16E74
Version Added	11.0
Name	Medefaidrin Small Letter L
Block	Medefaidrin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖹴
HTML Hex Encoding	𖹴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xB9 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDE74
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016E74
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\ude74

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	"𖹔" U+16E54 Medefaidrin Capital Letter L
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𖹔" U+16E54 Medefaidrin Capital Letter L
Uppercase Code Point	"𖹔" U+16E54 Medefaidrin Capital Letter L
Titlecase Code Point	"𖹔" U+16E54 Medefaidrin Capital Letter L
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