U+1E806 "ðž †" Mende Kikakui Syllable M048 Ko Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E806 "ðž †" Mende Kikakui Syllable M048 Ko is a specific glyph representing a syllable from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This script, invented in the early 20th century, is a syllabary where each character corresponds to a particular syllable rather than an individual sound. In this case, the character denotes the syllable "ko," with its precise visual form reflecting the unique design of the Kikakui writing system. While the Mende Kikakui script has largely fallen out of common use, it remains an important part of West African linguistic heritage and is encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and scholarly study. The character belongs to the Mende Kikakui block and is part of a broader effort to include historical and minority scripts in modern text processing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E806
Version Added 7.0
Name Mende Kikakui Syllable M048 Ko
Block Mende Kikakui
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞠆
HTML Hex Encoding 𞠆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83A 0xDC06
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E806
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83a\udc06

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