U+168F1 "ð–£±" Bamum Letter Phase-D Mbuo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–£±

U+168F1 "ð–£±" Bamum Letter Phase-D Mbuo is a member of the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in present-day Cameroon under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya to write the Bamum language. This particular letter represents a specific phonetic syllable or sound within the Phase D stage of the script's evolution, one of several reform steps that progressively simplified the original complex pictographic system into a more streamlined syllabary. While the exact phonetic value of "Mbuo" may vary in modern usage, the character forms part of a deliberate effort to preserve and encode the Bamum language in digital contexts, ensuring its continued use in electronic communication and historical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+168F1
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-D Mbuo
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖣱
HTML Hex Encoding 𖣱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDCF1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000168F1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udcf1

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