U+168DD "𖣝" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖣝
U+168DD "𖣝" Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbi is a symbol from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Cameroon region for writing the Bamum language. This specific letter belongs to the Phase C stage of the script's evolution, during which King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes significantly reformed and simplified the original pictographic system into a more streamlined syllabary. The character represents a particular consonant or syllabic sound within the language, reflecting the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+168DD |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Mbi |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖣝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖣝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDCDD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000168DD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udcdd |