U+16895 "𖢕" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngkaq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16895 "𖢕" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngkaq is a grapheme from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to Phase C, a stage in the script's evolution that refined earlier syllabic forms created under King Njoya. The character "Ngkaq" represents a particular syllable or phonetic sound used in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this historically significant writing system can be accurately preserved, studied, and digitally rendered on modern devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16895 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngkaq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016895 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc95 |