U+169CC "𖧌" Bamum Letter Phase-E Kut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧌
U+169CC "𖧌" Bamum Letter Phase-E Kut is a symbol from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon, specifically representing a later stage of the script's evolution known as Phase E. This glyph, phonetic in nature, encodes a specific syllable or sound in the Bamum language, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of this historical African writing system. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for consistent electronic text processing, enabling modern communication and cultural documentation of the Bamum script across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169CC |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Kut |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDCC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddcc |