U+1E880 "𞢀" Mende Kikakui Syllable M086 Long Ngge Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E880 "𞢀" Mende Kikakui Syllable M086 Long Ngge is a specific glyph within the Mende Kikakui script, an indigenous writing system historically used by the Mende people of Sierra Leone. This particular syllable represents a lengthened or "long" version of the consonant-vowel sound "ngge," forming a distinct unit in the Mende language's phonological system. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and reproduce this syllabic character for scholarly, cultural, and linguistic purposes, aiding in the documentation and revitalization of this unique African script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E880 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M086 Long Ngge |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E880 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc80 |
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 |