U+1E88D "𞢍" Mende Kikakui Syllable M099 Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E88D "𞢍" Mende Kikakui Syllable M099 Pa is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This script, created in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay, is a syllabary that represents syllables rather than individual letters, and the glyph "Pa" is one of its many syllables denoting the sound "pa". The character is part of the Unicode Standard's Mende Kikakui block, added to support the digital preservation and modern use of this indigenous writing system, which is still used by some Mende speakers for ceremonial and cultural purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E88D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M099 Pa |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E88D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc8d |
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 |