U+1E885 "𞢅" Mende Kikakui Syllable M168 Gu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢅
U+1E885 "𞢅" Mende Kikakui Syllable M168 Gu is a glyph representing a specific syllabic unit in the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This script is a syllabary, meaning each character corresponds to a syllable rather than an individual sound, and U+1E885 specifically encodes the syllable "gu" used in Mende words. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures that the Mende Kikakui script can be accurately represented in digital text, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Mende people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E885 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M168 Gu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC85 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E885 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc85 |
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 |