U+1685A "ð–¡š" Bamum Letter Phase-B Set Tu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¡š
U+1685A "ð–¡š" Bamum Letter Phase-B Set Tu is part of the Bamum script's Phase B historical syllabary, which was used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable "tu" and belongs to a complex writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya and his scribes, undergoing several successive simplifications. As a Phase B glyph, it reflects an intermediate stage in the script's evolution before later reforms streamlined the character set. Today, it is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and study of this unique West African writing tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1685A |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-B Set Tu |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001685A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc5a |