U+168C2 "𖣂" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mberae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+168C2 "𖣂" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mberae is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system historically developed in the early 20th century by King Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to the Phase-C stage of the script's evolution, which introduced simplified and more standardized symbols to replace earlier complex pictographic forms. It represents the syllable "mberae" and is part of a larger set of characters used to write the Bamum language, reflecting the script's historical progression toward a more efficient phonetic system. Today, this character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, allowing for digital preservation and use of this once nearly lost writing tradition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖣂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖣂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDCC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000168C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udcc2 |
Unicode Properties