U+16877 "ð–¡·" Bamum Letter Phase-B Sakeuae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16877 "ð–¡·" Bamum Letter Phase-B Sakeuae is part of the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system from the Bamum people of Cameroon, and specifically belongs to the Phase-B stage of the script's historical evolution under King Njoya. This character represents a syllabic letter used to transcribe the sound "sakeuae" in the Bamum language, reflecting the script's shift from an earlier pictographic form to a more streamlined syllabary. The inclusion of U+16877 in Unicode's Bamum Supplement block helps preserve and digitally support this culturally significant script, enabling modern text processing and documentation of the Bamum language's rich literary and historical heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16877 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-B Sakeuae |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖡷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖡷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016877 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc77 |