U+16A1B "𖨛" Bamum Letter Phase-F Yoq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖨛
U+16A1B "𖨛" Bamum Letter Phase-F Yoq is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character belongs to the script's Phase F stage, which was one of several stages in the script's evolution toward a more efficient and simplified syllabary under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya. The letter Yoq represents a particular syllable or sound within the Bamum language, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard preserves a vital piece of West African cultural heritage, enabling its digital use and study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A1B |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-F Yoq |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖨛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖨛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA8 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A1B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude1b |