U+1E83B "ðž »" Mende Kikakui Syllable M054 Loo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ðž »
U+1E83B "ðž »" Mende Kikakui Syllable M054 Loo is a script symbol used in the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was developed for the Mende language of Sierra Leone in the early 20th century. This particular glyph represents a syllable pronounced as "loo" and is part of a larger syllabary created by Kisimi Kamara, designed to provide a phonetic script for transcribing the Mende language. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Mende Kikakui block, supporting the preservation and digital representation of this indigenous African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E83B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M054 Loo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC3B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E83B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc3b |
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 |