U+16836 "ð– ¶" Bamum Letter Phase-A Moomeut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16836 "ð– ¶" Bamum Letter Phase-A Moomeut is a script character from the Bamum writing system, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in present-day Cameroon for writing the Bamum language. This particular glyph, representing the syllable "moomeut," belongs to the Phase-A stage of the script's evolution, a simplified version created by King Ibrahim Njoya to make writing more accessible. Part of the Bamum block in Unicode, the character is used for preserving and digitally representing the historical and cultural texts of the Bamum people, aiding in language revitalization efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16836 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Moomeut |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖠶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖠶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016836 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc36 |