U+16809 "ð– ‰" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemgbiee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16809 "ð– ‰" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemgbiee is a historical script glyph from the Bamum syllabary, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This particular character represents a specific phonetic syllable used during Phase A, the earliest stage of the script's evolution, before it underwent significant simplification and standardization under King Njoya. The name "Pon Pa Nji Pipaemgbiee" identifies its distinct vocalic and consonantal components within the complex Bamum orthography, which was designed to record the language and cultural heritage of the Bamum people. As part of the Bamum Unicode block, this character preserves the original, elaborate forms of the script, offering insight into the kingdom's rich tradition of literacy and royal innovation.

General Properties

Code Point U+16809
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemgbiee
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖠉
HTML Hex Encoding 𖠉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016809
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc09

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