U+16979 "ð–¥¹" Bamum Letter Phase-E Too Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¥¹

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

Code Point U+16979
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-E Too
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

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

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