U+16828 "ð– ¨" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pa Leeraewa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16828 "ð– ¨" Bamum Letter Phase-A Pa Leeraewa is a character from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to the Phase-A stage of the script, which was the first and most widely used version created by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes. The character represents the syllable "pa" and carries the name "Pa Leeraewa," reflecting its phonetic role in the language. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Bamum Supplement block, ensuring its digital preservation for linguistic and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16828 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Pa Leeraewa |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016828 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc28 |