U+1E8A0 "𞢠" Mende Kikakui Syllable M092 Kpa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E8A0 "𞢠" Mende Kikakui Syllable M092 Kpa is a character from the Mende Kikakui script, which was invented in the early 20th century for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific syllable, pronounced "kpa," represents a phonetic sound in the language and is part of a larger syllabary that includes over 100 distinct characters. The Mende Kikakui script is recognized for its unique, flowing forms and is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and usage of this indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8A0 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M092 Kpa |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udca0 |
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 |