U+168C1 "𖣁" Bamum Letter Phase-C Veuaepen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+168C1 "𖣁" Bamum Letter Phase-C Veuaepen is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which originated in the Bamum Kingdom (present-day Cameroon) and was developed in stages by King Njoya and his scribes in the early 20th century to write the Bamum language. This particular character belongs to the script's Phase-C iteration, representing a refined and simplified version of the earlier syllabary, where it corresponds to the syllable "veuaepen" as part of a comprehensive writing system that saw several revisions before falling out of widespread use. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically in the Bamum Supplement block, ensuring its preservation for digital text representation and scholarly study of this unique African writing tradition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖣁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖣁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDCC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000168C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udcc1 |
Unicode Properties