U+1E913 "𞤓" Adlam Capital Letter U Unicode Character

U+1E913 "𞤓" Adlam Capital Letter U is part of the Adlam script, a writing system created in the 1980s for the Fulani language and its speakers across West Africa. This uppercase letter corresponds to the sound /u/ in the Adlam alphabet, which was designed by two brothers, Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry, to revive and standardize Fulfulde literacy. The character sits within the Adlam block of Unicode, supporting digital text for a script that has gained widespread use in education, literature, and communication, symbolizing cultural preservation and linguistic empowerment for the Fulani people.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E913
Version Added	9.0
Name	Adlam Capital Letter U
Block	Adlam
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞤓
HTML Hex Encoding	𞤓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xA4 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83A 0xDD13
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E913
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83a\udd13

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Dual Joining
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
Lowercase Code Point	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
Simple Case Folding	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
Case Folding	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𞤵" U+1E935 Adlam Small Letter U
Script	Adlam
Script Extensions	Adlam
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	Upper