U+1E80A "ðž Š" Mende Kikakui Syllable M006 Wu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ðž Š
U+1E80A "ðž Š" Mende Kikakui Syllable M006 Wu is a written symbol used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was created in the early 20th century specifically for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular character represents the syllable "wu" and belongs to a syllabary system that was invented by the Mende scholar Kisimi Kamara around 1920 as a means to transcribe the Mende language phonetically. The script, including this character, played a significant role in Mende literacy and cultural preservation before being largely replaced by the Latin alphabet in modern usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E80A |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M006 Wu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC0A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E80A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc0a |
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 |