U+1E81B "ðž ›" Mende Kikakui Syllable M010 Bi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E81B "ðž ›" Mende Kikakui Syllable M010 Bi is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "bi" as part of a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and later standardized by Kisimi Kamara. It belongs to the Mende Kikakui block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the revitalization and digital preservation of this indigenous African writing system. The script is notable for its unique curved and linear shapes, distinguishing it from the Latin alphabet, and U+1E81B helps enable modern text processing and communication in the Mende language on computers and smartphones.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E81B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M010 Bi |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E81B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc1b |
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 |