U+169B1 "𖦱" Bamum Letter Phase-E Pieeq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦱
U+169B1 "𖦱" Bamum Letter Phase-E Pieeq is a glyph representing a specific syllable or phonetic element from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in present-day Cameroon by King Njoya and his scribes. This particular letter belongs to Phase E, a later stage in the script's evolution where the writing system became more streamlined and phonetic, moving away from the earlier logographic phases. The term "Pieeq" denotes its phonetic value or name within that phase, and the character is part of the broader Bamum block in Unicode, enabling the digital preservation and representation of this historically significant West African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169B1 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Pieeq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDB1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169B1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddb1 |