U+16823 "ð– £" Bamum Letter Phase-A Sisa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð– £
U+16823 "ð– £" Bamum Letter Phase-A Sisa is part of the Bamum script, a writing system originally developed for the Bamum language spoken in the Cameroonian Grassfields. This specific character represents a phonetic syllable from the script's first phase, known as Phase A, which was created in the late 19th century by King Njoya of the Bamum people and later simplified through several stages. The syllable "Sisa" contributes to the representation of the language's sounds, helping preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum community in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16823 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Sisa |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016823 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc23 |