U+169C1 "𖧁" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nzuq Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖧁

U+169C1 "𖧁" Bamum Letter Phase-E Nzuq is part of the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum Kingdom in present-day Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to Phase-E, which is one of the later stages in the script's complex evolution from a pictographic system to a more streamlined syllabary. The character represents the syllable "nzuq" and is used in the Bamum language to transcribe sounds, contributing to the preservation and revitalization of Bamum cultural heritage and written communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+169C1
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-E Nzuq
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖧁
HTML Hex Encoding 𖧁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDDC1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000169C1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\uddc1

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