U+1E8BB "𞢻" Mende Kikakui Syllable M151 Vu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢻
U+1E8BB "𞢻" Mende Kikakui Syllable M151 Vu is a script symbol from the Mende Kikakui writing system, which was historically used by the Mende people of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "vu," forming part of a highly structured syllabary that was created in the early 20th century by the Mende scholar and chief Kisimi Kamara. The Mende Kikakui script is read from right to left and features a unique combination of logograms and phonetic signs, with this syllable being one of over 150 distinct characters used to transcribe the Mende language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8BB |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M151 Vu |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcbb |
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 |