U+169D7 "𖧗" Bamum Letter Phase-E O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧗
U+169D7 "𖧗" Bamum Letter Phase-E O is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable or sound "o" and belongs to Phase-E, the final stage in the script's evolution, which was more concise and standardized compared to earlier, more pictographic phases. As part of the Bamum Unicode block, it serves to digitally preserve and facilitate the use of this historical African writing system, allowing for modern text processing and linguistic documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169D7 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E O |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDD7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169D7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddd7 |