U+1E896 "𞢖" Mende Kikakui Syllable M047 Mbee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E896 "𞢖" Mende Kikakui Syllable M047 Mbee is a specific glyph used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically employed to write the Mende language primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This character represents the syllable "mbee," corresponding to one of the many syllabic units in the Kikakui writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century as a simplified alternative to the traditional Mende script. As part of the Unicode Standard's inclusion of historic and minority scripts, this character helps preserve and enable digital representation of the Mende language’s unique orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E896 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M047 Mbee |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E896 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc96 |
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 |