U+169A8 "𖦨" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nkom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦨
U+169A8 "𖦨" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nkom is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon for writing the Bamum language. This particular letter belongs to Phase E, one of several stages in the script's evolution under King Njoya, and it represents the syllable "nkom." Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and digital representation of this historic African writing system, allowing for text in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169A8 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Nkom |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udda8 |