U+16934 "𖤴" Bamum Letter Phase-D Yuom Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖤴

U+16934 "𖤴" Bamum Letter Phase-D Yuom is a glyph from the historic Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable or phonetic unit within Phase D of the script's evolution, a stage marked by significant simplification and standardization under the direction of King Njoya and his scribes. The Bamum script underwent several phases of reform, each reducing the number of characters, and Phase D reflects a more streamlined alphabet intended to improve literacy. Today, Unicode support for characters like 𖤴 helps preserve and digitally encode this culturally significant African writing system for research, education, and future use.

General Properties

Code Point U+16934
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-D Yuom
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖤴
HTML Hex Encoding 𖤴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDD34
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016934
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udd34

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter