U+16848 "𖡈" Bamum Letter Phase-A Mbanyi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖡈
U+16848 "𖡈" Bamum Letter Phase-A Mbanyi is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in present-day Cameroon. This character, named Mbanyi, belongs to the Phase-A stage of the script's historical development, which was the first and most pictographic iteration devised by King Njoya and his scribes. It represents a syllable or sound used in the Bamum language, contributing to the preservation of this unique cultural and linguistic heritage that underwent several script reforms before largely being replaced by the Latin alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16848 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Mbanyi |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016848 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc48 |