U+1E8CB "𞣋" Mende Kikakui Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞣋
U+1E8CB "𞣋" Mende Kikakui Digit Five is a numerical symbol belonging to the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used to write the Mende language in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This digit represents the number five within a traditional base ten counting system, part of a larger set of characters invented in the early 20th century by Kisimi Kamara. The Mende Kikakui script, also known as the Kikakui script, features distinct symbols for digits, and U+1E8CB is one of several such numeric glyphs included in the Unicode Standard to support the preservation and digital representation of this unique African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E8CB |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Mende Kikakui Digit Five |
| Block | Mende Kikakui |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞣋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞣋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA3 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDCCB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E8CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udccb |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 5 |
| 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 |