U+A6AD "ꚭ" Bamum Letter Riee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꚭ
U+A6AD "ꚭ" Bamum Letter Riee is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system historically used in the Kingdom of Bamum in present-day Cameroon, which represents a specific syllable in the Bamum language. This character is part of the modern Bamum set, first encoded in the Unicode Standard in Version 5.2 as part of a larger effort to preserve and digitally support the African script. The letter "Riee" corresponds to a phonetic sound in the language, contributing to the representation of Bamum's rich oral and written traditions. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that texts in the Bamum script can be rendered and exchanged reliably across modern digital platforms, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6AD |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Riee |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꚭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꚭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9A 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6ad |