U+1E85F "𞡟" Mende Kikakui Syllable M133 Foo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡟
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 |