U+168E5 "ð–£¥" Bamum Letter Phase-C Njeux Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–£¥

U+168E5 "ð–£¥" Bamum Letter Phase-C Njeux is part of the Bamum script, a writing system originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This specific character belongs to the Phase-C stage of the script's evolution, which was one of several reforms undertaken to simplify and standardize the syllabary under the direction of King Njoya. Representing the syllable "njeux" or a similar sound, this letter reflects the meticulous phonetic documentation of the Bamum language during a period of significant cultural and linguistic innovation. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve this historical script for digital communication and scholarly research.

General Properties

Code Point U+168E5
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Njeux
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖣥
HTML Hex Encoding 𖣥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCE5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168E5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udce5

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