U+168E9 "𖣩" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ken Law Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖣩

U+168E9 "𖣩" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ken Law is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an African writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon, used primarily for writing the Bamum language. This particular character belongs to Phase C, which was part of a series of script reforms by King Njoya, where the number of symbols was progressively reduced and simplified from an earlier, more pictographic stage. The character represents a syllable or sound within this phase and is classified under the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, reflecting efforts to digitally preserve this historical and culturally significant writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+168E9
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-C Ken Law
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖣩
HTML Hex Encoding 𖣩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCE9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168E9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udce9

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