U+16850 "𖡐" Bamum Letter Phase-A Kaq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖡐
U+16850 "𖡐" Bamum Letter Phase-A Kaq is part of the Bamum script, which was originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya of the Bamum people in present day Cameroon to write the Bamum language. This specific character, Kaq, belongs to Phase A, the first and most pictographic stage of the script's evolution, during which symbols were often inspired by natural objects or everyday items. Representing a syllable or phonetic sound, the letter is encoded in the Unicode Bamum Supplement block, ensuring its preservation and digital use for linguistic and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16850 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Kaq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016850 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc50 |