U+16984 "𖦄" Bamum Letter Phase-E Peem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦄
U+16984 "𖦄" Bamum Letter Phase-E Peem is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase E of the script's evolution, representing one of the later stages in the system created by King Njoya of the Bamum people. The letter "Peem" corresponds to the sound /p/ in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16984 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Peem |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD84 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016984 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd84 |