U+1683C "ð– ¼" Bamum Letter Phase-A Soq Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1683C "ð– ¼" Bamum Letter Phase-A Soq is a distinctive glyph from the Bamum script, which was originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This particular character represents the syllable "soq" and belongs to the script's Phase-A stage, the earliest of several script reforms initiated by King Njoya to create a writing system for the Bamum language. The Bamum script is notable for its evolution from a logographic system to a more streamlined syllabary, with Phase-A containing a large set of intricate characters that were later simplified in subsequent phases. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character helps preserve and digitally enable the historical writing system of the Bamum people, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1683C
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Soq
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖠼
HTML Hex Encoding 𖠼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001683C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc3c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter