U+168E2 "ð–£¢" Bamum Letter Phase-C Keum Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–£¢

U+168E2 "ð–£¢" Bamum Letter Phase-C Keum is a glyph representing a syllable or phonetic element from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to the Phase C stage of the script's evolution, a period when the writing system was significantly simplified by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scholars from an earlier pictographic form to a more streamlined syllabary. The letter "Keum" is one of the many signs used to transcribe the Bamum language, reflecting the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Bamum Supplement block, ensuring its preservation and digital representation for modern use.

General Properties

Code Point U+168E2
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Keum
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖣢
HTML Hex Encoding 𖣢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCE2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168E2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udce2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter