U+1E8CD "𞣍" Mende Kikakui Digit Seven Unicode Character

U+1E8CD "𞣍" Mende Kikakui Digit Seven is a numeric symbol from the Mende Kikakui script, which was historically used by the Mende people in Sierra Leone and Liberia for writing the Mende language. This digit represents the number seven in a unique, syllabic based numerical system where each numeral corresponds to a specific phonetic symbol. The script itself was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by tribal leaders to promote literacy, and U+1E8CD was encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the larger effort to preserve and digitally represent endangered and historical writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E8CD
Version Added	7.0
Name	Mende Kikakui Digit Seven
Block	Mende Kikakui
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞣍
HTML Hex Encoding	𞣍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA3 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDCCD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E8CD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udccd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	7
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