U+16A34 "ð–¨´" Bamum Letter Phase-F Mbaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16A34 "ð–¨´" Bamum Letter Phase-F Mbaa is a glyph from the Bamum script used historically to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. It belongs to the Phase-F stage of the script's evolution, which was a simplified and standardized version developed by King Ibrahim Njoya and his scribes in the early 20th century. This specific letter represents the sound "mbaa" and is part of a syllabary that was part of a broader effort to modernize and preserve the Bamum writing system. The character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and is used in modern digital contexts to support the continued study and representation of Bamum heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16A34 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Phase-F Mbaa |
| Block | Bamum Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖨴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖨴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xA8 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDE34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016A34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\ude34 |