U+1689F "𖢟" Bamum Letter Phase-C Keusheuaep Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1689F "𖢟" Bamum Letter Phase-C Keusheuaep is a glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Bamum language spoken in present-day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase-C, one of the successive reform stages of the script, where King Njoya and his scribes simplified and standardized the original pictographic symbols into a more streamlined syllabary. The name "Keusheuaep" denotes the syllable or phonetic value assigned to this character within that phase, reflecting the script's evolution toward a practical alphabet for recording the language's tones and sounds. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitally represent this historically rich African writing tradition.

General Properties

Code Point U+1689F
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Keusheuaep
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢟
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDC9F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001689F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udc9f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter