U+1E891 "𞢑" Mende Kikakui Syllable M102 Poo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢑
U+1E891 "𞢑" Mende Kikakui Syllable M102 Poo is a symbol from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This particular character represents a syllable with the phonetic value "poo," as part of a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara to provide a writing system for his people. The Mende Kikakui script includes over 190 characters, many of which denote consonant vowel combinations, and U+1E891 belongs to its extensive repertoire for documenting spoken Mende. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, ensuring its digital preservation and use for linguistic research and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E891 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M102 Poo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC91 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E891 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc91 |
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 |