U+1689C "𖢜" Bamum Letter Phase-C Pirieen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖢜
U+1689C "𖢜" Bamum Letter Phase-C Pirieen is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This particular character belongs to Phase C of the script's historical evolution, representing a syllable or phoneme within the Bamum language, and its name "Pirieen" indicates a specific sound value. The Unicode Standard includes this character in the Bamum block to preserve and enable digital use of the script, which has seen a revival in modern times for writing and educational purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1689C |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Pirieen |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖢜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖢜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDC9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001689C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udc9c |