U+16971 "ð–¥±" Bamum Letter Phase-E Puae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¥±
U+16971 "ð–¥±" Bamum Letter Phase-E Puae is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Bamum language spoken in present-day Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase-E, one of the final stages in the script's evolution overseen by King Ibrahim Njoya, which simplified earlier complex characters into a syllabary. Representing a distinct syllable or phonetic sound in the language, it is encoded in the Unicode standard to preserve and enable digital use of this historic script, aiding in the documentation and revitalization of Bamum cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16971 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Puae |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖥱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖥱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016971 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd71 |