U+16A1E "𖨞" Bamum Letter Phase-F Nsha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖨞
U+16A1E "𖨞" Bamum Letter Phase-F Nsha is a part of the Bamum script, a writing system historically used for the Bamum language in what is now Cameroon, and this specific character belongs to the Phase F stage of the script’s reform, which took place in the early 20th century under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya. This particular letter, named “Nsha,” represents a consonant sound in the Bamum language and serves as one of the many syllabic or alphabetic characters created to simplify and adapt the script for more efficient writing. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this culturally significant script for modern digital use, ensuring that the Bamum people and researchers can continue to access and study it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A1E |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-F Nsha |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖨞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖨞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA8 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude1e |