U+1E850 "𞡐" Mende Kikakui Syllable M160 Joo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡐
U+1E850 "𞡐" Mende Kikakui Syllable M160 Joo is a symbol from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular character represents a syllable pronounced as "joo" and is part of a larger syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Chief Kisimi Kamara. The script is recognized for its distinct, cursive style and is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and representation of the Mende language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E850 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M160 Joo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E850 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc50 |
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 |