U+169A6 "𖦦" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mbee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦦
U+169A6 "𖦦" Bamum Letter Phase-E Mbee is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in present-day Cameroon for writing the Bamum language. Specifically, this character belongs to Phase E, a later stage in the script's evolution where King Njoya and his scribes refined the original system into a more streamlined syllabary. The letter "Mbee" represents a distinct syllable or sound, contributing to the script's goal of preserving and transcribing the Bamum language for cultural and administrative purposes. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure digital preservation and accessibility of this historically significant African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169A6 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Mbee |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udda6 |