U+16883 "𖢃" Bamum Letter Phase-B Feux Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖢃
U+16883 "𖢃" Bamum Letter Phase-B Feux is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to the "Phase-B" stage of the script's evolution, representing a later, simplified set of characters developed in the early 20th century by King Njoya and his scribes as part of a reform to make writing more accessible. The word "Feux" corresponds to the name of the letter in the Bamum syllabary, and the character functions phonetically within the script, contributing to the documentation and preservation of the Bamum language and its rich cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16883 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-B Feux |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016883 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc83 |