U+168A5 "ð–¢¥" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nseuaen Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¢¥

U+168A5 "ð–¢¥" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nseuaen is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for writing the Bamum language spoken in present-day Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to Phase C, one of several stages in the script's evolution toward a more streamlined and phonetic writing system, with "Nseuaen" representing its traditional name. As part of the Bamum Unicode block, it serves to digitally preserve and represent a significant piece of West African cultural and linguistic heritage, allowing modern users to accurately transcribe historical texts and sacred inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point U+168A5
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Nseuaen
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢥
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCA5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168A5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udca5

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