U+1E8B4 "𞢴" Mende Kikakui Syllable M064 Ndo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢴
U+1E8B4 "𞢴" Mende Kikakui Syllable M064 Ndo is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was created in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and Kisimi Kamara for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This specific syllable, representing the sound "ndo," belongs to a syllabary consisting of over 150 characters, each denoting a distinct syllable rather than an individual phoneme. The character is primarily used in historical and contemporary texts for the Mende language, contributing to the preservation and literacy of the Mende cultural heritage. Encoded in Unicode version 7.0 released in 2014, it helps ensure digital representation and accessibility for the Mende script in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8B4 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M064 Ndo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcb4 |
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 |