U+A6A3 "ꚣ" Bamum Letter Ku Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꚣ
U+A6A3 "ꚣ" Bamum Letter Ku is a character from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language spoken in the Cameroon region. This specific character represents the syllable "ku" and is part of a broader set of syllabic characters developed in the early 20th century by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum people. The script underwent several reforms and fell out of widespread use, but it has been preserved in modern digital encoding, allowing for the documentation and revitalization of Bamum linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6A3 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Ku |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꚣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꚣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9A 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6a3 |