U+16899 "ð–¢™" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nyir Mkparaq Meun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16899 "ð–¢™" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nyir Mkparaq Meun is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to the "Phase-C" stage of the script's evolution, a period when the writing system was extensively revised and simplified by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes. Named "Nyir Mkparaq Meun," the character represents a syllable or phonetic sound within the language, reflecting the rich linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16899 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Nyir Mkparaq Meun |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016899 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc99 |