U+16808 "ð– ˆ" Bamum Letter Phase-A Shinda Pa Nji Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16808 "ð– ˆ" Bamum Letter Phase-A Shinda Pa Nji is a script character from the Bamum syllabary, which was developed in the early 20th century by King Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to the Phase A version of the script, representing a particular syllable or sound used in the Bamum language. The character’s name, Shinda Pa Nji, likely reflects a phonetic or mnemonic designation within the script’s encoding. As part of the multistage evolution of the Bamum writing system, Phase A letters like this one are historically significant for documenting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum kingdom, and they are now encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and modern communication in the Bamum language.

General Properties

Code Point U+16808
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Shinda Pa Nji
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖠈
HTML Hex Encoding 𖠈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC08
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016808
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc08

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