U+1E88B "𞢋" Mende Kikakui Syllable M177 Nguan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E88B "𞢋" Mende Kikakui Syllable M177 Nguan is a written symbol used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century for the Mende language of Sierra Leone, West Africa. This specific syllable, representing the sound "nguan," is part of a syllabary that consists of nearly 200 characters, each typically corresponding to a consonant-vowel combination or a standalone vowel. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard ensures that the Mende Kikakui script can be digitally represented, preserved, and used in modern text processing, helping to support the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Mende people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E88B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M177 Nguan |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E88B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc8b |
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 |