U+169FB "𖧻" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧻
U+169FB "𖧻" Bamum Letter Phase-E Ma is a glyph belonging to the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This particular character is part of Phase E, the final and most streamlined stage of the script's evolution, which was initiated by King Njoya and his scribes. It represents a specific syllable or sound used in the Bamum language, helping to preserve and transcribe the rich oral traditions and administrative records of the Bamum people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169FB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Ma |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddfb |