U+16921 "𖤡" Bamum Letter Phase-D Kwaet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖤡
U+16921 "𖤡" Bamum Letter Phase-D Kwaet is a glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present day Cameroon. This particular character belongs to Phase D of the script's evolution, which represents one of several stages of simplification and standardization overseen by King Njoya and his scribes. The letter "Kwaet" corresponds to a specific syllable sound in the Bamum language, used historically for recording royal decrees, historical chronicles, and cultural texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this piece of African linguistic heritage can be preserved and digitally represented across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16921 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Kwaet |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖤡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖤡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016921 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd21 |