U+169B2 "𖦲" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yueq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖦲
U+169B2 "𖦲" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yueq is a specific glyph from the final stage, known as Phase E, of the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This particular letter, named Yueq, represents a syllable or sound within the writing system that King Njoya and his scribes evolved from earlier pictographic forms into a more streamlined and syllabic alphabet. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures its digital preservation and accessibility, allowing modern users to accurately represent and transcribe historical and contemporary Bamum texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169B2 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Yueq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddb2 |