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𖹩

medefaidrin small letter g

Medefaidrin small letter G

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𖹩 is the lowercase g of Medefaidrin, the sacred language of Nigeria’s Obɛri Ɔkaimɛ Christian community. Read it in words, not as an emoji reaction.

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What 𖹩 means

It is a letter, not a message by itself.

Church tradition dates Medefaidrin’s revelation to around 1927: Bishop Michael Ukpong received its words, and Akpan Akpan Udofia recorded them. The alphabet developed during the 1930s for the church’s sacred language. By 1936, members had opened a school; colonial authorities later closed it, but church writing continued in prayers, hymns, letters, and contracts.

Udofia resumed Sunday-school teaching in 1986. A 2018 history reports no established link with Cameroon’s Bamum script, although both were created alongside community languages. If this appears as a blank box, your font may not support Medefaidrin.

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Who writes 𖹩

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𖹩 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 𖹩

Search it as
obɛri okaime · medefaidrin alphabet · medefaidrin keyboard · medefidrin
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 16E69, then AltX to get 𖹩.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “medefaidrin small letter g”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 16e69, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𖹩
CSS
\16E69
How do I type 𖹩?
As of 2026-09-24, Keyman’s Medefaidrin layout uses phonetic US QWERTY; on phones, long-press dotted keys to reveal hidden characters.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖹩
HTML hex
𖹩
CSS content
content: "\16E69";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%B9%A9
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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