U+1E89E "𞢞" Mende Kikakui Syllable M142 Long Mbo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢞
U+1E89E "𞢞" Mende Kikakui Syllable M142 Long Mbo is a glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular character represents a syllable with a prolonged "mbo" sound, distinguished by a diacritical mark that indicates a longer vowel or consonant duration. The script itself is a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and later refined by Kisimi Kamara, and it plays a key role in preserving Mende cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E89E |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M142 Long Mbo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDC9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E89E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udc9e |
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 |