U+1E8B3 "𞢳" Mende Kikakui Syllable M067 Ndoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E8B3 "𞢳" Mende Kikakui Syllable M067 Ndoo is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, an indigenous writing system historically used for the Mende language in Sierra Leone, West Africa. This particular character represents the syllable "ndoo," and it belongs to a syllabary that was developed in the early 20th century by the Mende people, drawing on indigenous symbols and influences from other scripts like Vai. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this culturally significant script can be digitally preserved, typed, and displayed across modern electronic devices, supporting the ongoing use and study of the Mende language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8B3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M067 Ndoo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcb3 |
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 |