U+1E8B0 "𞢰" Mende Kikakui Syllable M125 Ndu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢰
U+1E8B0 "𞢰" Mende Kikakui Syllable M125 Ndu is a symbol from the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara for writing the Mende language spoken in Sierra Leone. This specific syllable represents the sound "ndu" and is part of a syllabary that uses over 190 characters to denote syllables, reflecting the tonal nature of the Mende language. The script was historically used for correspondence, record keeping, and religious texts, though it has seen a decline with the adoption of the Latin alphabet for Mende literacy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8B0 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M125 Ndu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCB0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcb0 |
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 |