U+1E8C1 "𞣁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M058 Nyan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞣁
U+1E8C1 "𞣁" Mende Kikakui Syllable M058 Nyan is a glyph representing a specific syllable in the Mende Kikakui script, which was developed in the early 20th century by the Mende people of Sierra Leone for writing their Mende language. This script, created by Kisimi Kamara, is a unique syllabary that assigns distinct symbols to various syllabic sounds, and "Nyan" corresponds to one of these phonetic units. The character is part of the Unicode range allocated to Mende Kikakui, ensuring digital support for this historically significant and culturally rich writing system used for preserving Mende literature and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8C1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Syllable M058 Nyan |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞣁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞣁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA3 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udcc1 |
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 |