U+1E89C "𞢜" Mende Kikakui Syllable M161 Long Mbe Unicode Character

U+1E89C "𞢜" Mende Kikakui Syllable M161 Long Mbe is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This specific character represents a syllable in the script, denoting a long vowel or elongated pronunciation of the sound "mbe" with a distinctive tone or duration indicated by its designation as "Long Mbe." It belongs to a larger set of syllabic characters invented in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and others to transcribe the Mende language, though literacy in the script has declined over time. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Mende Kikakui block, supporting digital preservation and access to this endangered writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E89C
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Syllable M161 Long Mbe
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞢜
HTML Hex Encoding	𞢜
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDC9C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E89C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udc9c

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