U+1684C "𖡌" Bamum Letter Phase-A Paam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1684C "𖡌" Bamum Letter Phase-A Paam is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in what is now Cameroon. This character corresponds to the Phase A version of the script, which was the earliest of several script reforms initiated by King Ibrahim Njoya, and it represents the sound "paam" or a similar phonetic value. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, this character helps preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the Bamum people by enabling digital representation of their traditional writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+1684C
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-A Paam
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖡌
HTML Hex Encoding 𖡌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC4C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001684C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc4c

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