U+169DE "𖧞" Bamum Letter Phase-E Shiq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧞
U+169DE "𖧞" Bamum Letter Phase-E Shiq is a character used in the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for writing the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. Specifically, it belongs to Phase E, the final stage of the script’s evolution under King Ibrahim Njoya, which reduced and standardized the alphabet to 80 characters. The letter "Shiq" represents a specific consonant sound in the language, and this character is encoded in the Unicode Bamum Supplement block, supporting the digital preservation and modern use of this historic writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169DE |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Shiq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169DE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddde |