U+169CF "𖧏" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yeuaet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧏
U+169CF "𖧏" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yeuaet is a specific glyph from the historic Bamum script of Cameroon, which King Njoya and his scribes developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This character belongs to Phase E, one of several stages in the script’s evolution toward a simpler syllabary, and it represents a particular syllable or sound in the Bamum language. The phase E set includes approximately 80 letters, reduced from earlier phases, and its creation aimed to make writing more accessible for everyday use. Today, the Bamum syllabary and its Unicode encoding help preserve the cultural heritage and written history of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169CF |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Yeuaet |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDCF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169CF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddcf |