U+1682E "ð– ®" Bamum Letter Phase-A Tuaep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1682E "ð– ®" Bamum Letter Phase-A Tuaep is part of the Bamum script used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon, representing a syllable or phonetic sound from the script's Phase A stage, which was an early simplification of the original pictographic writing system developed by King Ibrahim Njoya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This character, specifically termed "Tuaep," belongs to a historic inventory of over 500 symbols that underwent systematic revisions through multiple phases, with Phase A being the first major reduction. Though Phase A glyphs like this one are largely archaic today, replaced by later standardized phases, they remain of significant interest to paleographers, linguists, and digital typographers preserving West African cultural heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖠮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖠮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDC2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001682E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udc2e |
Unicode Properties