U+1E899 "𞢙" Mende Kikakui Syllable M172 Mboo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢙
U+1E899 "𞢙" Mende Kikakui Syllable M172 Mboo is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara for writing the Mende language spoken in Sierra Leone. This particular character represents the syllabic sound "mboo" and is one of many syllables in the script that combines a consonant with a vowel. The Mende Kikakui script is written from right to left and was historically used for correspondence, record keeping, and literary works, though it has largely been replaced by the Latin alphabet in modern times.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E899 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M172 Mboo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Alias | MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M172 MBO (correction) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E899 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc99 |
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 |