U+16842 "ð–¡‚" Bamum Letter Phase-A Paarae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16842 "ð–¡‚" Bamum Letter Phase-A Paarae is one of the many glyphs from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the Bamum Kingdom of present day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to the Phase A stage of the script's evolution, which was the earliest and most pictographic form created under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The syllable "Paarae" represents a particular sound in the Bamum language, and the character itself reflects the script's gradual transition from logographic symbols to a more alphabetic system over several phases. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures the preservation and digital representation of the rich linguistic heritage of the Bamum people.

General Properties

Code Point U+16842
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Paarae
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖡂
HTML Hex Encoding 𖡂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC42
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016842
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc42

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