U+1E8AC "𞢬" Mende Kikakui Syllable M070 Gbo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E8AC "𞢬" Mende Kikakui Syllable M070 Gbo is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language primarily spoken in Sierra Leone by the Mende people. This syllabary, invented in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay and later refined by Kisimi Kamara, represents individual syllables rather than alphabetic letters, with "Gbo" denoting the phonetic sound associated with this particular character. The character is housed in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane of Unicode, ensuring its preservation and digital representation for linguistic and cultural heritage purposes. Its inclusion enables accurate text processing and rendering for Mende language texts, supporting ongoing efforts to maintain and revitalize this indigenous writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E8AC
Version Added 7.0
Name Mende Kikakui Syllable M070 Gbo
Block Mende Kikakui
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞢬
HTML Hex Encoding 𞢬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83A 0xDCAC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E8AC
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83a\udcac

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