U+169A5 "𖦥" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgben Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦥
U+169A5 "𖦥" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgben is part of the Bamum script used historically in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present day Cameroon, and represents a specific syllabic character from the script's Phase E stage of development. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically within the Bamum Supplement block, and it corresponds to a sound or syllable in the Bamum language. While its precise phonetic value is tied to the historical usage of the script, it contributes to the preservation of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, who developed a unique writing system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169A5 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Mgben |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDA5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169A5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udda5 |