U+169F4 "ð–§´" Bamum Letter Phase-E Shoq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+169F4 "ð–§´" Bamum Letter Phase-E Shoq is a symbol from the Bamum script, an African writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This specific letter belongs to Phase E of the script's evolution, which represents a late stage in its simplification and standardization, containing the phonetic value "shoq" that likely represented a consonant sound. As part of the Bamum Unicode block, it helps preserve and digitally encode a unique cultural heritage, enabling modern electronic communication and documentation for this once-dying script that has seen renewed interest in recent decades.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169F4 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Shoq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddf4 |