U+168AF "𖢯" Bamum Letter Phase-C Suaet Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖢯

U+168AF "𖢯" Bamum Letter Phase-C Suaet is a part of the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century by King Njoya of the Bamum people in present day Cameroon as a writing system for the Bamum language. This specific character belongs to Phase C of the script's evolution, representing the sound "suaet" and reflecting the ongoing refinement of the writing system through multiple stages. The Bamum script is encoded in the Unicode standard to preserve this unique cultural script, ensuring its digital representation and accessibility for modern use in linguistic and historical contexts.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢯
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCAF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168AF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udcaf

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