U+169AD "𖦭" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nyi Cleaver Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦭
U+169AD "𖦭" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nyi Cleaver is a part of the Bamum script, which is used for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable or phoneme from Phase E of the script's historical evolution, with its name "Nyi Cleaver" likely referencing a traditional tool, possibly reflecting the pictographic or mnemonic origin of the letter. It belongs to the Bamum Supplement block of the Unicode standard, which includes characters from later developmental stages of the writing system created by King Njoya in the early 20th century.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169AD |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Nyi Cleaver |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddad |