U+169E0 "ð–§ " Bamum Letter Phase-E Nguae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–§
U+169E0 "ð–§ " Bamum Letter Phase-E Nguae is a script symbol belonging to the Bamum syllabary, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom of present-day Cameroon. This particular character represents a specific syllable or phonetic sound in the Phase-E version of the script, which was the final and most streamlined stage of the writing system's evolution under King Ibrahim Njoya. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, it serves to digitally preserve and support the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, enabling modern communication and scholarly study of this historically significant African script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169E0 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Nguae |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDE0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udde0 |