U+16954 "ð–¥”" Bamum Letter Phase-D Shii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¥”
U+16954 "ð–¥”" Bamum Letter Phase-D Shii is a specific glyph from the Bamum scripts, which were developed for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon, primarily by the Bamum people. This character belongs to the "Phase-D" stage of the script's historical evolution, a simplified and standardized version created in the early 20th century by King Njoya and his scholars. "Shii" refers to the phonetic value of the letter, likely representing a sound in the Bamum language, and it is used within the Unicode block for Bamum Supplement, aiding in the preservation and digital representation of this African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16954 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-D Shii |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖥔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖥔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016954 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd54 |