U+16924 "𖤤" Bamum Letter Phase-D Sot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖤤
U+16924 "𖤤" Bamum Letter Phase-D Sot is part of the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of the Bamum people in present day Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable or phonetic element from the script's later Phase D stage, a period when the writing system underwent significant simplification and standardization under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya. While its exact phonetic value is often listed as "sot," corresponding to a sound now typically written with the Latin alphabet in modern transcriptions, the character stands as a key artifact of the rich cultural and linguistic history of the Bamum script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16924 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Sot |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖤤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖤤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016924 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd24 |