U+1680A "ð– Š" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemba Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð– Š
U+1680A "ð– Š" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemba is a historical script character from the Bamum syllabary, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kingdom of Bamum, located in present day Cameroon. This particular character represents a syllable used in the Phase A stage of the script, which was the first and most pictographic version created under the direction of King Njoya. The name Pon Pa Nji Pipaemba likely refers to a specific phonetic or lexical value within the Bamum language. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and digitally represent an important part of West African cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1680A |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Pon Pa Nji Pipaemba |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC0A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001680A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc0a |