U+1E8BE "𞢾" Mende Kikakui Syllable M144 Voo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞢾
U+1E8BE "𞢾" Mende Kikakui Syllable M144 Voo is part of the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This specific syllable represents the phonetic sound "voo" and belongs to a syllabary invented in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay, later refined by Kisimi Kamara. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, ensuring its preservation and digital representation for linguistic and cultural heritage. Its usage facilitates the accurate recording of Mende oral traditions, literature, and communication in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8BE |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M144 Voo |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞢾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞢾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA2 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCBE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcbe |
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 |