U+1E8B7 "𞢷" Mende Kikakui Syllable M149 Njee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢷
U+1E8B7 "𞢷" Mende Kikakui Syllable M149 Njee is a specific glyph from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This particular syllable represents the phonetic sound "njee" and belongs to a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay and later refined by Kisimi Kamara. The character is part of a specialized block in Unicode designed to preserve this unique writing system, allowing for the digital representation of Mende linguistic and cultural heritage. Its designation as M149 indicates its position within the syllabary's systematic ordering, linking it to a tradition of African script innovation that sought to create a written form for an oral language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8B7 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M149 Njee |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcb7 |
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 |