U+1E80D "𞠍" Mende Kikakui Syllable M114 Woo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E80D "𞠍" Mende Kikakui Syllable M114 Woo is a specific grapheme from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used in the early 20th century to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular syllable, representing the sound "woo," belongs to a syllabary created by Mohamed Turay and later standardized by Kisimi Kamara, designed to preserve and record Mende oral traditions and daily communications. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures digital preservation and cross-platform support for this unique writing system, allowing modern users to access and display the script in electronic texts, linguistic studies, and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E80D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M114 Woo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E80D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc0d |
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 |