U+1E840 "ðž¡€" Mende Kikakui Syllable M018 Du Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E840 "ðž¡€" Mende Kikakui Syllable M018 Du is a glyph representing a specific syllable in the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone and, more recently, has been revived as part of a modern syllabary. This character, part of the Mende Kikakui block added to Unicode in 2014 with version 7.0, corresponds to the syllabic value "du" and serves as a crucial component for accurately representing Mende phonetic sounds in digital text. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mende people, enabling proper documentation, typography, and communication in this unique writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E840 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M018 Du |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E840 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc40 |
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 |