U+1E85C "𞡜" Mende Kikakui Syllable M036 Fu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡜
U+1E85C "𞡜" Mende Kikakui Syllable M036 Fu is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This syllabic symbol represents the sound "fu" as part of a larger alphabet invented in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay and later standardized by Kissimi Kamara. The character belongs to the Mende Kikakui block in Unicode, encoding a script that has seen revived interest for cultural preservation and linguistic studies. Its design reflects the unique, abstract geometric style of Kikakui characters, which are written from right to left and were used in traditional manuscripts and modern digital texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E85C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M036 Fu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E85C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc5c |
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 |