U+1E8A1 "𞢡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M074 Kpu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢡
U+1E8A1 "𞢡" Mende Kikakui Syllable M074 Kpu is a script symbol used in the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was developed in the early 20th century for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific syllable, representing the sound "kpu," belongs to a syllabary of over 190 distinct characters that were created by Mohamed Turay and later refined by Kisimi Kamara to facilitate the written expression of Mende. The character is part of the Mende Kikakui block of Unicode, encoded in 2014 as part of the Unicode 7.0 standard to support the digital preservation and modern use of this indigenous African script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8A1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M074 Kpu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCA1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udca1 |
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 |