U+16979 "ð–¥¹" Bamum Letter Phase-E Too Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16979 "ð–¥¹" Bamum Letter Phase-E Too is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used for writing the Bamum language in present-day Cameroon, primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries under the direction of King Njoya. This character belongs to the later "Phase-E" stage of the script's evolution, representing a streamlined and simplified version of the earlier pictographic forms. As a syllable or letter, "Too" contributes to the phonetic inventory of the Bamum writing system, which was created to record royal decrees, historical records, and cultural knowledge. Today, this character is supported in modern digital encoding to preserve and enable the electronic representation of the Bamum language's written heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖥹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖥹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA5 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDD79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00016979 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udd79 |
Unicode Properties