U+169B7 "ð–¦·" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ket Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¦·

U+169B7 "ð–¦·" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ket is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system used for the Bamum language of Cameroon that was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This specific character belongs to the "Phase-E" stage of the script's evolution, representing a refined and standardized set of syllabic symbols created by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes. "Ket" is the syllable or phonetic value assigned to this particular letter, contributing to the rich inventory of characters that were designed to capture the sounds of the Bamum language in written form.

General Properties

Code Point U+169B7
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-E Ket
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖦷
HTML Hex Encoding 𖦷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDDB7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000169B7
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\uddb7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter