U+1E85F "𞡟" Mende Kikakui Syllable M133 Foo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E85F "𞡟" Mende Kikakui Syllable M133 Foo is a typographic symbol used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular syllable, representing the phonetic sound "foo," is part of a complex syllabary system where each character denotes a distinct syllable, reflecting the tonal and phonetic nuances of Mende. The character belongs to the Mende Kikakui block of the Unicode Standard, which was encoded to preserve and support the digital representation of this indigenous African writing system, enabling its use in modern text processing and cultural documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E85F
Version Added 7.0
Name Mende Kikakui Syllable M133 Foo
Block Mende Kikakui
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞡟
HTML Hex Encoding 𞡟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83A 0xDC5F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E85F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83a\udc5f

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