U+1E8AD "𞢭" Mende Kikakui Syllable M171 Ra Unicode Character

U+1E8AD "𞢭" Mende Kikakui Syllable M171 Ra 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 in the Mende language, specifically the sound "ra," and is part of a larger syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara. Including this character in the Unicode standard helps preserve and support the digital representation of this unique written tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E8AD
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Syllable M171 Ra
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞢭
HTML Hex Encoding	𞢭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDCAD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E8AD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udcad

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