U+169A1 "𖦡" Bamum Letter Phase-E Taaq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦡
U+169A1 "𖦡" Bamum Letter Phase-E Taaq is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, part of the Phase-E stage of the script's historical evolution, and represents the syllable "taaq" or a similar sound. This script was developed in the early 20th century in present-day Cameroon by King Njoya of the Bamum people, who created several successive phases to simplify the original pictographic system. Phase-E, one of the later stages, refined the character set to a more linear and abstract form, and "𖦡" is used to transcribe the Bamum language, which remains vital for preserving Bamum cultural heritage and written records.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169A1 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Taaq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDA1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udda1 |