U+16957 "ð–¥—" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¥—

U+16957 "ð–¥—" Bamum Letter Phase-D Nu is part of the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase D of the script’s evolutionary stages, representing a refined version of earlier syllabic symbols. The letter Nu corresponds to a particular syllable or sound within the Bamum writing system, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures its preservation and digital representation for linguistic and cultural study.

General Properties

Code Point U+16957
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-D Nu
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖥗
HTML Hex Encoding 𖥗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDD57
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016957
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udd57

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter