U+168AA "𖢪" Bamum Letter Phase-C Seux Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖢪

U+168AA "𖢪" Bamum Letter Phase-C Seux is a specific glyph within the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon, Africa. This particular character belongs to the Phase-C stage of the script’s evolution, reflecting a period of refinement and standardization under King Ibrahim Njoya, during which the script was simplified from its earlier pictographic forms into a more efficient syllabary. The letter "Seux" represents a distinct syllable in the language, contributing to the orthographic representation of Bamum’s sounds. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in the Unicode Standard, this character helps preserve and digitally encode the rich cultural heritage of the Bamum people, enabling its use in modern text and communication.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢪
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCAA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168AA
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udcaa

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