U+1E8C0 "𞣀" Mende Kikakui Syllable M164 Nyin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E8C0 "𞣀" Mende Kikakui Syllable M164 Nyin is a specific glyph belonging to the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used for writing the Mende language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. This particular character represents a syllable pronounced as "nyin," and its classification as M164 indicates its place within the script's syllabary system, which was devised in the early 20th century by Mohamed Turay and later standardized. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures its digital preservation and enables modern electronic texts to accurately represent this unique African writing system, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8C0 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M164 Nyin |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞣀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞣀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA3 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCC0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcc0 |
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 |