U+168A0 "ð–¢ " Bamum Letter Phase-C Ghap Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¢ 

U+168A0 "ð–¢ " Bamum Letter Phase-C Ghap is part of the Bamum script, which was originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon for writing the Bamum language. This specific character, Phase-C Ghap, represents a consonant sound within the script's third phase of development, during which King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes systematically revised and simplified the syllabary. The character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and is used in modern digital contexts to preserve and reproduce historical Bamum texts and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+168A0
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Ghap
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢠
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCA0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168A0
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udca0

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