U+1E817 "ðž —" Mende Kikakui Syllable M059 Men Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E817 "ðž —" Mende Kikakui Syllable M059 Men is a glyph within the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents a syllable, designated as M059 with the phonetic value "men," and it belongs to a larger syllabary created in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and revised by Kisimi Kamara. The script itself is notable for its use in traditional Mende writing, though it has largely been supplanted by the Latin alphabet in modern contexts. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve digital access to this part of West African cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E817 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M059 Men |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E817 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc17 |
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 |