U+1694A "𖥊" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ren Old Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖥊
U+1694A "𖥊" Bamum Letter Phase-D Ren Old is a glyph from 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 letter belongs to the fourth major revision of the script, known as Phase D, created in the early 1900s under King Njoya to refine and simplify the writing system. The character represents the sound "ren" and is part of a unique syllabary that records the Bamum language, reflecting a historic effort to preserve local culture through an indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1694A |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Ren Old |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖥊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖥊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD4A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001694A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd4a |