U+1699C "𖦜" Bamum Letter Phase-E Teuaeq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦜
U+1699C "𖦜" Bamum Letter Phase-E Teuaeq is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon by King Njoya and his scribes to write the Bamum language. This specific letter belongs to Phase E, one of several stages in the script’s sequential simplification, and it represents the syllable sound "teuaeq" or a similar phonetic value. The character is part of a standardized Unicode block introduced to preserve and digitally encode the historical script, enabling modern use and study of this unique writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1699C |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Teuaeq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001699C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd9c |