U+1E841 "𞡁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M089 Dee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡁
U+1E841 "𞡁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M089 Dee is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, an indigenous writing system created in the early 20th century for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This character represents a syllable with the sound "dee," corresponding to the 89th syllabic sign in the Mende Kikakui syllabary, which was developed by Mohamed Turay and later standardized. As part of the Mende Kikakui block in Unicode, it enables digital preservation and modern textual representation of this historically significant script, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage efforts for the Mende people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E841 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M089 Dee |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E841 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc41 |
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 |