U+1E855 "ðž¡•" Mende Kikakui Syllable M033 Yu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E855 "ðž¡•" Mende Kikakui Syllable M033 Yu is a single character from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language in Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa. This specific syllable represents the sound "yu" and belongs to a large set of syllabic characters created in the early 20th century by the Mende scholar Kisimi Kamara. The script is written from right to left and is known for its distinctive, flowing shapes that combine consonants and vowel markings to form syllables. U+1E855 is part of the Unicode block Mende Kikakui, which was added to the standard to support the digital preservation and modern use of this unique African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E855 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M033 Yu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E855 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc55 |
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 |