U+16860 "ð–¡ " Bamum Letter Phase-B Kam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16860 "ð–¡ " Bamum Letter Phase-B Kam is part of the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable "kam" and belongs to the Phase-B version of the script, which was one of several stages of simplification and reform led by King Njoya of the Bamum kingdom. The character has a distinctive, flowing calligraphic form that reflects the artistic evolution of the script as it moved from an initial pictographic system to a more streamlined syllabary. In modern digital text, this character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, helping to preserve and support the ongoing cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people.

General Properties

Code Point U+16860
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-B Kam
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖡠
HTML Hex Encoding 𖡠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC60
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016860
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc60

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