U+168BF "𖢿" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nshaq Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖢿

U+168BF "𖢿" Bamum Letter Phase-C Nshaq is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon, and it belongs to a later phase of the script's development known as Phase C, during which the writing system was simplified and standardized by King Njoya and his scribes in the early 20th century. This specific letter, Nshaq, represents a consonant sound in the language and is part of a syllabic writing system that evolved from an earlier pictographic form into a more streamlined alphabet. The character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane of Unicode, ensuring its preservation for linguistic research, cultural heritage, and digital communication among speakers of Bamum and scholars interested in African writing systems.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖢿
HTML Hex Encoding 𖢿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA2 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCBF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168BF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udcbf

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