U+1E870 "ðž¡°" Mende Kikakui Syllable M128 Hoou Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E870 "ðž¡°" Mende Kikakui Syllable M128 Hoou is a glyph used in the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century in Sierra Leone for the Mende language. This particular syllable represents the sound "hoou" and belongs to the Mende Kikakui block of Unicode, a script standardized to preserve and support the digital representation of this unique West African syllabary. The character is part of a larger set of over 200 syllables and logograms that reflect the tonal and phonetic structure of Mende, with its inclusion in Unicode ensuring that speakers and scholars can type, display, and study the script on modern devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E870 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M128 Hoou |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC70 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E870 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc70 |
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 |