U+1699D "𖦝" Bamum Letter Phase-E Veuae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦝
U+1699D "𖦝" Bamum Letter Phase-E Veuae is a glyph from the Bamum script, specifically belonging to the Phase E stage of the script's historical development, which was used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character represents the syllable or sound "veuae" and is part of a larger syllabary system that was progressively simplified and standardized by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scholars in the early 20th century. The Bamum script went through multiple phases, with Phase E reflecting a more streamlined set of characters, and this particular letter is used in modern digital encoding to preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1699D |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Veuae |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDD9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001699D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udd9d |