U+1696D "𖥭" Bamum Letter Phase-E Som Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1696D "𖥭" Bamum Letter Phase-E Som is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum kingdom of present day Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase E of the script's evolution, one of several stages in the script's ongoing refinement by King Njoya and his scribes to create a more streamlined writing system. The Bamum script was historically used to record the language, history, and cultural practices of the Bamun people, and the Phase E series, including "Som," represents a later stage that attempted to simplify the earlier, more complex syllabary into a more efficient orthography. Today, this character is part of the Unicode Standard, allowing for its digital preservation and use in modern text processing.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖥭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖥭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDD6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001696D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udd6d |
Unicode Properties