U+16E7F "𖹿" Medefaidrin Small Letter Y Unicode Character

U+16E7F "𖹿" Medefaidrin Small Letter Y is a lowercase letter in the Medefaidrin script, also known as Oberi Okaime, which was created as a constructed language and writing system around 1930 by Christian converts in southeastern Nigeria. This script is used to write the Medefaidrin language, which was developed for liturgical and community purposes, and the character represents the /j/ sound, similar to the English letter Y. The Medefaidrin alphabet includes both uppercase and lowercase forms, with this character being the lowercase counterpart of the uppercase letter U+16E47 "𖹇". Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard since version 11.0 in 2018 helps preserve and digitally support this unique writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16E7F
Version Added	11.0
Name	Medefaidrin Small Letter Y
Block	Medefaidrin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖹿
HTML Hex Encoding	𖹿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xB9 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDE7F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016E7F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\ude7f

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	"𖹟" U+16E5F Medefaidrin Capital Letter Y
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𖹟" U+16E5F Medefaidrin Capital Letter Y
Uppercase Code Point	"𖹟" U+16E5F Medefaidrin Capital Letter Y
Titlecase Code Point	"𖹟" U+16E5F Medefaidrin Capital Letter Y
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