U+1687A "𖡺" Bamum Letter Phase-B Ngguoq Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1687A "𖡺" Bamum Letter Phase-B Ngguoq is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase B of the script's evolution, representing a later stage in the systematic simplification of the original pictographic writing system. The letter "Ngguoq" corresponds to a particular phonetic sound in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the script can be digitally preserved and used for modern communication, documentation, and cultural heritage projects.

General Properties

Code Point U+1687A
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-B Ngguoq
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖡺
HTML Hex Encoding 𖡺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA1 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC7A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001687A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc7a

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