U+16935 "𖤵" Bamum Letter Phase-D Pap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖤵
U+16935 "𖤵" Bamum Letter Phase-D Pap is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, used historically to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase D, a later stage in the script's evolution created by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes in the early 20th century as part of a broader effort to simplify and standardize the writing system. The glyph represents a syllable or phonetic unit, though its exact reading is tied to the phonology of the Bamum language, and its presence in the Unicode standard ensures it can be digitally preserved and utilized for modern linguistic and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16935 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Pap |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖤵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖤵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD35 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016935 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd35 |