U+169B4 "ð–¦´" Bamum Letter Phase-E Fue Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+169B4 "ð–¦´" Bamum Letter Phase-E Fue is a specific glyph within the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This letter belongs to Phase E, the fifth and most simplified stage of the script's evolution, where the writing system was streamlined for easier use and literacy. The character "Fue" represents a particular syllable or sound in the Bamum language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally encode this historical African writing tradition, allowing for modern communication and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169B4 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Fue |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖦴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖦴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddb4 |