U+16812 "ð– ’" Bamum Letter Phase-A Ntoqpen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16812 "ð– ’" Bamum Letter Phase-A Ntoqpen is a script character from the Bamum language and writing system, which originates from the Bamum people of present-day Cameroon in West Africa. This specific symbol belongs to Phase A of the Bamum script, an early stage of the writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya and his advisors as part of a series of script reforms. The letter "Ntoqpen" represents a particular phonetic sound in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this historic script for modern use, documentation, and cultural heritage efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16812 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Ntoqpen |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC12 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016812 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc12 |