U+16986 "𖦆" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggurae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16986 "𖦆" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggurae is a glyph representing a specific syllable or sound in the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to the "Phase-E" stage of the script's evolution, which was one of several reformations undertaken by King Ibrahim Njoya to simplify and standardize the writing system. The letter's name, "Nggurae," indicates its phonetic value, which corresponds to a particular consonant-vowel combination used in the language. Today, the Bamum script, including characters like this one, is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and modern typographic representation of this historically significant African writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖦆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖦆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDD86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00016986 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udd86 |
Unicode Properties