U+16A11 "𖨑" Bamum Letter Phase-F M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖨑
U+16A11 "𖨑" Bamum Letter Phase-F M is a part of the Bamum script, a writing system historically used in the Bamum Kingdom of present-day Cameroon, and it falls within the Unicode block for Bamum. Specifically, this character represents a consonant letter used to denote the sound "m" and is categorized under Phase F of the script's historical evolution, which refers to a later stage in the script's development and reform by King Ibrahim Njoya. The Bamum script underwent several phases, and Phase F introduced simplified and standardized letterforms, making this character an important artifact of the script's modernization and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A11 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-F M |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖨑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖨑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA8 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE11 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A11 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude11 |