U+1E866 "𞡦" Mende Kikakui Syllable M117 Nen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡦
U+1E866 "𞡦" Mende Kikakui Syllable M117 Nen is part of the Mende Kikakui script, a syllabary invented in the early 20th century for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This specific character represents the syllable "nen," designated as syllable number M117 in the script's standardized repertoire. Mende Kikakui was developed by Kisimi Kamara and is written from right to left, with each symbol corresponding to a consonant vowel combination. The Unicode Standard includes these characters in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, ensuring that the script can be properly represented and preserved in digital form for modern communication and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E866 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M117 Nen |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E866 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc66 |
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 |