U+1E8C8 "𞣈" Mende Kikakui Digit Two Unicode Character

U+1E8C8 "𞣈" Mende Kikakui Digit Two is a numeric symbol used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically employed by the Mende people of Sierra Leone in West Africa to write their language. This script, invented in the early 20th century by Mohammed Turay and later revised by Kisimi Kamara, features a unique syllabary system supplemented by distinct digits, with this character specifically representing the numeric value two. As part of the Mende Kikakui block, it serves to denote quantity or order in texts, reflecting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mende community, though the digit is encoded in the Unicode Standard primarily for preservation and digital representation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E8C8
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Digit Two
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞣈
HTML Hex Encoding	𞣈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA3 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDCC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E8C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udcc8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	2
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Mende Kikakui
Script Extensions	Mende Kikakui
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other