U+168D8 "𖣘" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ma Nsiee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖣘
U+168D8 "𖣘" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ma Nsiee is one of the many glyphs from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the Bamum Kingdom of present-day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase C of the script's historical evolution, during which King Njoya and his scholars simplified and systematized the original pictographic forms into a more streamlined syllabary. The name "Ma Nsiee" reflects its phonetic value within the Bamum language, used to represent a particular syllable or sound. As part of the Unicode standard, this character helps preserve and digitally encode the rich linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, enabling modern communication and scholarly study of this endangered script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+168D8 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Ma Nsiee |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖣘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖣘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDCD8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000168D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udcd8 |