U+1E801 "𞠁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M002 Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞠁
U+1E801 "𞠁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M002 Ka is a glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, a syllabary invented in the early 20th century for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "ka" and is part of a writing system that combines iconic and abstract symbols, historically used in correspondence, religious texts, and administrative records. Encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, it preserves a vital piece of West African cultural heritage and linguistic identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E801 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M002 Ka |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E801 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc01 |
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 |
| Script | Mende Kikakui |
| Script Extensions | Mende Kikakui |
| 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 | OLetter |