U+1E83D "ðž ½" Mende Kikakui Syllable M110 Long Le Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ðž ½

U+1E83D "ðž ½" Mende Kikakui Syllable M110 Long Le is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone following its invention in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara. This particular character represents a syllable with a long vowel sound and is categorized under the Mende Kikakui block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the preservation and digital representation of this unique African writing system. As part of a syllabary where each character denotes a distinct syllable, "Long Le" contributes to the precise transcription of Mende phonetics, helping to maintain the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Mende people in modern computational environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E83D
Version Added 7.0
Name Mende Kikakui Syllable M110 Long Le
Block Mende Kikakui
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞠽
HTML Hex Encoding 𞠽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xA0 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83A 0xDC3D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E83D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83a\udc3d

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