U+169D6 "ð–§–" Bamum Letter Phase-E Toq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+169D6 "ð–§–" Bamum Letter Phase-E Toq is a symbol from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kingdom of Bamum, located in present day Cameroon. This particular letter belongs to Phase E, a stage in the script's evolution where the syllabic system was refined and expanded under the guidance of King Ibrahim Njoya and his scholars. The "Toq" syllable is one of many characters used to represent a specific sound in the Bamum language, contributing to the preservation of the region's linguistic and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169D6 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Toq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddd6 |