U+169AE "𖦮" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦮
U+169AE "𖦮" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yit is a script symbol from the Bamum syllabary, an indigenous writing system created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This specific character belongs to Phase E, which was one of the later stages in the script's evolution under the direction of King Njoya of the Bamum people, representing a streamlined and more systematic set of syllabic signs. The letter "Yit" is used to represent a particular syllable in the Bamum language, reflecting the cultural and historical importance of preserving this unique African writing tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169AE |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Yit |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddae |