U+16917 "ð–¤—" Bamum Letter Phase-D Leuaep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¤—
U+16917 "ð–¤—" Bamum Letter Phase-D Leuaep is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the Bamum Kingdom in present-day Cameroon during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This character belongs to Phase D, the fourth and final phase of the script's evolution under King Ibrahim Njoya, who reformed the original 500 plus syllabic signs into a more streamlined set. "Leuaep" represents a particular syllable or phonetic value in the Bamum language, reflecting the script's role in recording the history, culture, and administrative affairs of the Bamum people before it fell into disuse and later experienced revival efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16917 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Leuaep |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖤗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖤗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016917 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd17 |