U+1E889 "𞢉" Mende Kikakui Syllable M184 Ngen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢉
U+1E889 "𞢉" Mende Kikakui Syllable M184 Ngen is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents a syllabic element corresponding to the sound "ngen" as designated in the system's numbering. The script was developed in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and others, and it features a unique set of syllabic symbols that differ from standard phonetic alphabets. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and support the digital representation of this indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E889 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M184 Ngen |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC89 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E889 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc89 |
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 |