U+16946 "𖥆" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nshut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖥆
U+16946 "𖥆" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nshut is a part of the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Bamum language spoken in present day Cameroon. This specific character belongs to the fourth phase of the script known as Phase D, which was a simplified and revised version created by King Njoya and his scholars to make the script more accessible. The letter "Nshut" represents a particular syllable or sound within the Bamum language, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and support the digital representation of this historic African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16946 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Nshut |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖥆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖥆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016946 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd46 |