U+16966 "𖥦" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ndap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖥦
U+16966 "𖥦" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ndap is part of the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system from the Bamum people of present-day Cameroon in West Africa, and specifically belongs to the Phase-E stage of the script's evolution, which represents the final standardized form established in the early 20th century. This particular character, named "Ndap," corresponds to a syllable or phoneme used in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent a significant part of Bamum cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16966 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Ndap |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖥦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖥦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016966 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd66 |