U+16882 "𖢂" Bamum Letter Phase-B Meut Nggeet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖢂
U+16882 "𖢂" Bamum Letter Phase-B Meut Nggeet is part of the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This particular character belongs to the Phase-B stage of the script's evolution, representing a specific syllable or sound in the language, with "Meut Nggeet" being its assigned name. The Bamum script underwent several reforms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Phase-B represents an intermediate step in the development from an earlier pictographic system to the more streamlined Phase-C and Phase-D versions. This character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, allowing digital preservation and use of this important West African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16882 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-B Meut Nggeet |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC82 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016882 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc82 |