U+169C2 "𖧂" Bamum Letter Phase-E Poon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧂
U+169C2 "𖧂" Bamum Letter Phase-E Poon is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon, Africa, under the direction of King Njoya of the Bamum people. This specific character belongs to Phase-E, the later, simplified stage of the script's evolution, which reduced the number of syllabic signs from hundreds to around 80 characters to improve literacy. The term "Poon" represents one of the syllables in the Bamum writing system, used historically to record royal decrees, local history, and cultural traditions. As part of the Unicode Standard version 6.0, this character helps preserve and digitally represent the Bamum language and its rich orthographic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169C2 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Poon |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddc2 |