U+1E821 "ðž ¡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M138 Bo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E821 "ðž ¡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M138 Bo is a unique script character from the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular character represents the syllable "bo" and is part of a set of syllabic symbols developed in the early 20th century by the Mende scholar Kisimi Kamara as an indigenous orthography. As a member of the Mende Kikakui block in Unicode, it serves to digitally preserve and support the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mende people, enabling modern use in digital documents and text processing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E821 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M138 Bo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E821 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc21 |
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 |