U+1693C "𖤼" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkiee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖤼
U+1693C "𖤼" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkiee is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an African writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase-D, which represents a later stage in the script's evolution, when King Ibrahim Njoya and his scholars simplified and reorganized the original syllabary. The letter Ngkiee is used to represent a particular syllable or sound in the Bamum language, contributing to the written preservation of the language's history, culture, and oral traditions. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this unique script can be digitally represented, stored, and accessed across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1693C |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Ngkiee |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖤼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖤼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA4 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001693C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd3c |