U+16849 "𖡉" Bamum Letter Phase-A Nyet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖡉
U+16849 "𖡉" Bamum Letter Phase-A Nyet is a symbol from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the kingdom of Bamum, located in present-day Cameroon. This character represents a specific syllable sound in the Bamum language and belongs to Phase A, the earliest stage of the script, which was later simplified through multiple phases to improve literacy. The Bamum script was created by King Njoya and is part of a rich cultural heritage used to record history, language, and traditions of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16849 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Nyet |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016849 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc49 |