U+16998 "𖦘" Bamum Letter Phase-E Po Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦘
U+16998 "𖦘" Bamum Letter Phase-E Po is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This character belongs to the "Phase-E" subset of the script, developed in the early 20th century as part of a series of reforms to simplify and standardize the writing system. The syllable value for "Po" in this phase represents a controlled phonetic sound, and the character is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and modern usage of this African writing system. It appears in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, and its inclusion enables accurate representation of historical texts and contemporary communications in the Bamum language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16998 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Po |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016998 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd98 |