U+169E9 "𖧩" Bamum Letter Phase-E Pue Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧩
U+169E9 "𖧩" Bamum Letter Phase-E Pue is a symbol from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in present day Cameroon. Specifically, it represents a letter from the script's fourth and most systematic reform, known as Phase E, which was created under the reign of King Njoya. This character, "Pue," corresponds to a phonetic sound in the Bamum language and is part of the script's inventory of syllabic signs. Modern digital encoding of this character helps preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Bamum people, allowing for its use in contemporary text and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169E9 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Pue |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDE9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udde9 |