U+168FC "ð–£¼" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–£¼
U+168FC "ð–£¼" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkun is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon to write the Bamum language. This specific character belongs to the Phase D stage of the script's evolution, a period when the writing system was reformed and simplified under the guidance of King Ibrahim Njoya. It represents the syllable "ngkun" and is part of a larger effort to preserve and digitally encode the historical stages of the Bamum script, ensuring that this unique African writing system remains accessible for modern use in digital communication and cultural heritage documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+168FC |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkun |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖣼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖣼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA3 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDCFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000168FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udcfc |