U+16EC6 "𖻆" Beria Erfe Small Letter Meri Unicode Character

U+16EC6 "𖻆" Beria Erfe Small Letter Meri is a character from the Beria Erfe script, which is used to write the Zaghawa language spoken in Chad and Sudan. This small letter represents a specific phoneme or sound within the orthography, contributing to the written representation of the language's unique phonetic inventory. The Beria Erfe script was developed relatively recently in the early 21st century to preserve and promote the Zaghawa language, and characters like this small letter Meri are essential for accurately transcribing its spoken forms. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures compatibility across digital platforms, aiding in language preservation and modern communication for the Zaghawa community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+16EC6
Version Added	17.0
Name	Beria Erfe Small Letter Meri
Block	Beria Erfe
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𖻆
HTML Hex Encoding	𖻆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x96 0xBB 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD81B 0xDEC6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00016EC6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud81b\udec6

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	"𖺫" U+16EAB Beria Erfe Capital Letter Meri
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𖺫" U+16EAB Beria Erfe Capital Letter Meri
Uppercase Code Point	"𖺫" U+16EAB Beria Erfe Capital Letter Meri
Titlecase Code Point	"𖺫" U+16EAB Beria Erfe Capital Letter Meri
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Beria Erfe
Script Extensions	Beria Erfe
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