U+168D7 "ð–£—" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ndam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+168D7 "ð–£—" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ndam is a script symbol from the Bamum syllabary, which originates from the Bamum people of Cameroon and was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya. This particular character belongs to Phase C of the script's evolution, one of several stages of simplification and reorganization that the writing system underwent over several decades. Representing a specific syllable or phonetic value, the "Ndam" letter is part of a larger corpus of over 500 characters that were used to record the Bamum language and its cultural traditions. Today, this character is encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and facilitate digital use of the Bamum script, supporting efforts to revitalize and maintain this unique African writing system in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖣗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖣗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDCD7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000168D7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udcd7 |
Unicode Properties