U+1E83C "ðž ¼" Mende Kikakui Syllable M153 Lo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E83C "ðž ¼" Mende Kikakui Syllable M153 Lo is a character from the Mende Kikakui script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular character represents a syllable pronounced as "lo" and belongs to a syllabary that uses a set of symbols to denote consonant vowel combinations. It is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Mende Kikakui block to support digital preservation and modern communication for the script. The character reflects the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mende people, contributing to the ongoing effort to represent diverse writing systems in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E83C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M153 Lo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞠼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞠼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E83C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc3c |
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 |