U+169FC "𖧼" Bamum Letter Phase-E Maq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖧼
U+169FC "𖧼" Bamum Letter Phase-E Maq is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an alphasyllabary developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase-E, the third and final major systematization of the script created by King Ibrahim Njoya, and it represents the syllable "maq" or a sound akin to "ma" with a glottalized or emphatic ending. As part of the Bamum Supplement block in Unicode, this letter is used in historical and liturgical contexts to preserve the written heritage of the Bamum people, though its practical use is rare today due to the script's decline in favor of the Latin alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+169FC |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-E Maq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖧼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖧼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDDFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000169FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\uddfc |