U+16890 "𖢐" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nza Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖢐
U+16890 "𖢐" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nza is a glyph from the Bamum script, specifically representing a syllable in the Phase-C stage of the script's historical development used for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character, like others in the Bamum block, was part of a writing system originally created in the late 19th century by King Njoya, which underwent several phases of standardization and simplification before falling into disuse and later being revived. The "Nza" sound corresponds to a specific syllable in the language, and the letter is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane of Unicode to preserve and support digital use of this culturally significant African script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16890 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Nza |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC90 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016890 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc90 |