U+16853 "ð–¡“" Bamum Letter Phase-A Lu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¡“
U+16853 "ð–¡“" Bamum Letter Phase-A Lu is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon, particularly in the phase A stage of the script’s evolution. This character represents the syllable or sound "lu" and is part of a historical writing system created by King Ibrahim Njoya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, undergoing several reforms to simplify its hundreds of symbols. As a phase A letter, it reflects an early, more complex form of the script before later phases reduced the number of characters for easier learning and use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16853 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-A Lu |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016853 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc53 |