U+1E87E "𞡾" Mende Kikakui Syllable M159 Nggaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞡾
U+1E87E "𞡾" Mende Kikakui Syllable M159 Nggaa is a script symbol used in the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century in Sierra Leone for the Mende language. This character represents the phonetic syllable "nggaa" and is part of a syllabary that was designed by Mohamed Turay and other community members to facilitate literacy in Mende. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Mende Kikakui block, supporting the preservation and digital representation of this unique African script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E87E |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M159 Nggaa |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞡾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞡾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA1 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC7E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E87E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc7e |
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 |