U+169FD "𖧽" Bamum Letter Phase-E Teu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+169FD "𖧽" Bamum Letter Phase-E Teu is a part of the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now Cameroon. This letter belongs to the Phase-E stage of the script's evolution, where it represents a syllable or sound corresponding to "teu" in the Bamum language. It is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically within the Bamum Supplement block, and is used primarily for historical and linguistic documentation of the Bamum writing system. The character serves as a vital tool for preserving the cultural and literary heritage of the Bamum people, as the script was originally devised by King Njoya and underwent several phases of simplification before falling into disuse and later being revived in digital form.

General Properties

Code Point U+169FD
Version Added 6.0
Name Bamum Letter Phase-E Teu
Block Bamum Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖧽
HTML Hex Encoding 𖧽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDDFD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000169FD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\uddfd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter