U+1684E "ð–¡Ž" Bamum Letter Phase-A Maem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1684E "ð–¡Ž" Bamum Letter Phase-A Maem is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system originating from the Bamum people of present-day Cameroon, and it represents the syllable or phonetic value "maem" as part of the script's Phase A historical stage. This character is among the over 400 distinct letters in the Bamum syllabary, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries under King Njoya to record the language and cultural heritage of the Bamum kingdom. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures its digital preservation and support for modern text processing, enabling its use in writing, education, and linguistic research related to the Bamum language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1684E |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Maem |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC4E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001684E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc4e |