U+1685C "𖡜" Bamum Letter Phase-B Mba Maelee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖡜

U+1685C "ð–¡œ" Bamum Letter Phase-B Mba Maelee is a part of the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system from the Cameroon region in West Africa, and specifically belongs to the Phase-B stage of the script’s historical evolution. This character represents a syllabic or phonetic value used in the Bamum language, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya and his advisors. The Bamum script underwent several phases of simplification and reform, and Phase-B represents an intermediate stage where the script shifted from a logographic system toward a more phonetic alphabet. As such, "ð–¡œ" serves as a linguistic tool for documenting and preserving the Bamum language, reflecting the cultural and historical efforts to create a unique written tradition for the Bamum people.

General Properties

Code Point U+1685C
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-B Mba Maelee
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖡜
HTML Hex Encoding 𖡜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001685C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc5c

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