U+1E879 "𞡹" Mende Kikakui Syllable M082 Nggu Unicode Character

U+1E879 "𞡹" Mende Kikakui Syllable M082 Nggu is a typographic symbol representing a specific syllabic sound within the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used for writing the Mende language spoken in Sierra Leone. This particular character denotes the syllable "nggu" and belongs to a set of over 190 syllabic characters that were developed in the early 20th century by the Mende people, primarily for religious and correspondence purposes, before being largely replaced by the Latin alphabet. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures digital preservation and representation of this unique West African writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E879
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Syllable M082 Nggu
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞡹
HTML Hex Encoding	𞡹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDC79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E879
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udc79

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