U+169CB "𖧋" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧋
U+169CB "𖧋" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkum is a glyph from the historical Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to the script’s Phase E, a standardized revision aimed at simplifying earlier forms for literacy and printing. Representing the sound "ngkum," it is part of a syllabic writing system that played a key role in preserving Bamum culture and history. Today, it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and use of this endangered script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169CB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Ngkum |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDCB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddcb |