U+169E4 "𖧤" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yuq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧤
U+169E4 "𖧤" Bamum Letter Phase-E Yuq is a glyph from the Bamum script, used historically for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon. This letter represents a specific syllabic sound, transcribed phonetically as "yü", and belongs to the Phase-E stage of the script's evolution, which was a modernized orthography introduced in the early 20th century to simplify earlier, more complex forms. The character is part of the Bamum Supplement block and encodes the language's written heritage, preserving the cultural and linguistic history of the Bamum people through standardized digital typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169E4 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Yuq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDE4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udde4 |