U+1E8B8 "𞢸" Mende Kikakui Syllable M134 Njoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢸
U+1E8B8 "𞢸" Mende Kikakui Syllable M134 Njoo is a specific syllabic symbol from the Mende Kikakui script, an indigenous writing system created in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara for the Mende language of Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "njoo," which corresponds to a particular consonant vowel combination in Mende phonology. The Mende Kikakui script is notable for its unique syllabary structure, where each character stands for a distinct syllable rather than individual letters. U+1E8B8 is part of a larger Unicode block (U+1E800 to U+1E8DF) that supports the preservation and digital use of this historical African script, allowing for modern textual representation and communication in the Mende language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8B8 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M134 Njoo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcb8 |
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 |