U+16803 "ð– ƒ" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemba Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16803 "ð– ƒ" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemba is part of the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon by King Njoya of the Bamum people. This specific character belongs to the script's Phase A, the earliest stage of the script's evolution, and its name, Pon Mfon Pipaemba, translates to "the king's pipe" in the Bamum language. The character represents a syllabic or phonetic value used in writing the Bamum language, which is still spoken by over 200,000 people. As a component of the Bamum block in the Unicode Standard, it helps preserve and digitize the cultural heritage of the Bamum kingdom, ensuring that their unique writing system remains accessible in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+16803
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Mfon Pipaemba
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖠃
HTML Hex Encoding 𖠃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016803
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc03

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