U+1E895 "𞢕" Mende Kikakui Syllable M122 Mbu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E895 "𞢕" Mende Kikakui Syllable M122 Mbu is part of the Mende Kikakui script, a writing system historically used for the Mende language primarily spoken in Sierra Leone, West Africa. This specific character represents the syllabic sound "mbu" and belongs to a set of symbols created in the early 20th century by the Mende inventor Kisimi Kamara for his indigenous syllabary. The script features a unique range of over 150 distinct syllabic characters, each representing a consonant-vowel combination, with U+1E895 contributing to the written representation of the Mende language's phonetic inventory. As a Unicode character, it ensures digital preservation and accessibility for this historical script in modern text processing and linguistic documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E895
Version Added 7.0
Name Mende Kikakui Syllable M122 Mbu
Block Mende Kikakui
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞢕
HTML Hex Encoding 𞢕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83A 0xDC95
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E895
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83a\udc95

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