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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter