U+16897 "ð–¢—" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbeekeet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¢—
U+16897 "ð–¢—" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbeekeet is a glyph from the Bamum script, part of a syllabic writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kingdom of Bamum, located in present-day Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable "mbeekeet" and belongs to Phase C of the script's evolution, which was one of several stages of simplification and reform undertaken by King Njoya and his scribes. As a component of the Bamum block in Unicode, this character helps preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the Bamum people, enabling digital representation and study of their written language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16897 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbeekeet |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC97 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016897 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc97 |