U+1E940 "𞥀" Adlam Small Letter Gbe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1E940 "𞥀" Adlam Small Letter Gbe is a glyph from the Adlam script, which was created in the 1980s to write the Fulani language and is used primarily in West Africa. This specific character represents the syllable "gbe" and belongs to the set of small letters in the Adlam alphabet, designed for readable, cursive-like handwriting. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Adlam block, supporting the digital representation of this modern script for communication and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E940 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Adlam Small Letter Gbe |
| Block | Adlam |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞥀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞥀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xA5 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83A 0xDD40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E940 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83a\udd40 |
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 |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "𞤞" U+1E91E Adlam Capital Letter Gbe |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "𞤞" U+1E91E Adlam Capital Letter Gbe |
| Uppercase Code Point | "𞤞" U+1E91E Adlam Capital Letter Gbe |
| Titlecase Code Point | "𞤞" U+1E91E Adlam Capital Letter Gbe |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| 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 | Lower |