U+16829 "ð– ©" Bamum Letter Phase-A Nda Leeraewa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16829 "ð– ©" Bamum Letter Phase-A Nda Leeraewa is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom of present-day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase A, the initial stage of the script’s evolution created under King Njoya, and its name "Nda Leeraewa" refers to a particular syllable or sound within the Bamum language. The character is part of a larger, extensive writing system that was later simplified through multiple phases to make it more accessible for recording the kingdom’s history, culture, and daily communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16829 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Nda Leeraewa |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016829 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc29 |