U+16E8A "𖺊" Medefaidrin Number Ten Unicode Character

U+16E8A "𖺊" Medefaidrin Number Ten is a numeric symbol from the Medefaidrin script, which was invented by the Prophetess Mary A. E. Benson for the Medefaidrin community in southeastern Nigeria during the early 20th century. This character represents the number ten in that numeral system, reflecting the script's role in preserving the language and cultural identity of the group, which used the writing system for religious and educational purposes. The Medefaidrin script was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of a broader effort to encode and support minority and historical writing systems around the world.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16E8A
Version Added	11.0
Name	Medefaidrin Number Ten
Block	Medefaidrin
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖺊
HTML Hex Encoding	𖺊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xBA 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDE8A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016E8A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\ude8a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	10
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Medefaidrin
Script Extensions	Medefaidrin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other