U+A6AC "ꚬ" Bamum Letter Rii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꚬ
U+A6AC "ꚬ" Bamum Letter Rii is part of the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable "rii" and belongs to the modern phase of the script, which was simplified and standardized by King Ibrahim Njoya after an earlier, more complex hieroglyphic phase. As a Unicode character encoded in the Bamum block, it enables digital preservation and representation of the Bamum language, supporting cultural heritage and modern communication for speakers and scholars. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates typing, searching, and displaying this unique letter across electronic devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6AC |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Rii |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꚬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꚬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9A 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6ac |