U+1E86D "ðž¡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M042 Hoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E86D "ðž¡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M042 Hoo is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used by the Mende people of Sierra Leone to write the Mende language. This particular character represents the syllable "hoo," as indicated by its designation M042, and belongs to a syllabary system that was developed in the early 20th century for encoding the sounds of the Mende language. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures that digital text can include this distinct African script, preserving its cultural and linguistic heritage for modern communication and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E86D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M042 Hoo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E86D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc6d |
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 |