U+16802 "ð– ‚" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemgbiee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16802 "ð– ‚" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemgbiee is a glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. It belongs to Phase A of the script's evolution, which was the earliest stage created under King Njoya, and its name translates to "chief's stool" or a term associated with royal authority in the Bamum language. This character is part of a vast syllabary that originally contained over 500 symbols, representing sounds and concepts central to Bamum culture, history, and governance. The inclusion of this letter in Unicode helps preserve and digitally encode the rich linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, allowing for modern communication and historical study.

General Properties

Code Point U+16802
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemgbiee
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖠂
HTML Hex Encoding 𖠂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC02
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016802
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc02

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
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 OLetter