U+16806 "ð– †" Bamum Letter Phase-A Tita Mfon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16806 "ð– †" Bamum Letter Phase-A Tita Mfon is a glyph from the Bamum scripts, specifically part of the Phase-A stage of the Bamum syllabary, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon by King Njoya and his scholars. This character represents a syllable or phonetic sound in the Bamum language, with its name translating roughly to "letter of the people" or "king's letter," reflecting its cultural significance in writing royal decrees and historical records. Encoded in Unicode under the Bamum Supplement block, it is one of over 400 characters used to preserve the rich literary and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16806 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Tita Mfon |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016806 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc06 |