U+16813 "ð– “" Bamum Letter Phase-A Keukeutnda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16813 "ð– “" Bamum Letter Phase-A Keukeutnda is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya and his court in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This particular character belongs to Phase A, the earliest and most pictographic stage of the script's evolution, which originally contained hundreds of logographic symbols. The name "Keukeutnda" refers to one of the syllables or words that this character was designed to represent, reflecting the language's phonetic and semantic structure. Today, the Bamum script holds cultural and historical significance, and its characters, including U+16813, are encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and study of this unique African writing tradition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖠓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖠓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDC13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00016813 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udc13 |
Unicode Properties