U+1E8B9 "𞢹" Mende Kikakui Syllable M182 Vi Unicode Character

U+1E8B9 "𞢹" Mende Kikakui Syllable M182 Vi is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was created in the early 20th century by the Mende people of Sierra Leone to write their language. This specific character represents a syllabic sound, pronounced as "vi," and belongs to a larger set of over 150 syllabic signs used in the script. The Mende Kikakui script, including this character, was historically used for personal correspondence, religious texts, and record keeping, though it has largely been replaced by the Latin alphabet in modern times. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this unique cultural writing system for digital and scholarly use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E8B9
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Syllable M182 Vi
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞢹
HTML Hex Encoding	𞢹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDCB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E8B9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udcb9

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