U+1E853 "ðž¡“" Mende Kikakui Syllable M031 Yi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E853 "ðž¡“" Mende Kikakui Syllable M031 Yi is a glyph belonging to the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used by the Mende people of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This specific character represents the syllable "yi" and is part of a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara to write the Mende language. The Mende Kikakui script features a unique, curvilinear design with over 190 distinct characters, and this syllable is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation and preservation of the script. Its inclusion in Unicode helps facilitate the documentation and revival of this indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E853 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M031 Yi |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E853 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc53 |
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 |