U+168EB "𖣫" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngaq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖣫
U+168EB "𖣫" Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngaq is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present day Cameroon, to write the Bamum language. This specific character represents the syllable "ngaq" and belongs to Phase C of the script's evolutionary stages, where King Njoya and his scribes refined and simplified earlier versions of the writing system. As part of the Bamum Supplement block, it is used primarily for historical and cultural documentation, preserving the rich linguistic heritage of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+168EB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-C Ngaq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖣫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖣫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDCEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000168EB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udceb |