U+1692F "𖤯" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nyue Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1692F "𖤯" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nyue is part of the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kingdom of Bamum, located in present-day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase D of the script's evolution, a standardized phonetic stage created by King Njoya and his scribes in the early 1900s, and it represents a distinct syllable or sound in the Bamum language. The character's design reflects the geometric and abstract forms typical of this writing system, which gradually simplified from earlier pictorial symbols into a more streamlined alphabet. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures that this historic African script can be preserved and used in digital text, enabling modern communication and cultural heritage documentation for the Bamum people.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖤯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖤯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDD2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001692F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udd2f |
Unicode Properties