U+16881 "𖢁" Bamum Letter Phase-B Pungaam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖢁
U+16881 "𖢁" Bamum Letter Phase-B Pungaam is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the Bamum Kingdom of present day Cameroon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This character belongs to the Phase B stage of the script, representing a distinct syllable or sound within the language. Its name "Pungaam" reflects one of the many phonetic values encoded in this rich script, which underwent several reforms to simplify its originally pictographic symbols. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the Bamum language and its unique cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16881 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-B Pungaam |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Alias | BAMUM LETTER PHASE-B PUNGGAAM (correction) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016881 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc81 |