U+A6B5 "ꚵ" Bamum Letter Mu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꚵ
U+A6B5 "ꚵ" Bamum Letter Mu is a specific character from the Bamum script, which was historically used for writing the Bamum language in present-day Cameroon. This script was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the letter "Mu" representing a distinct phonetic sound within the language's syllabary. Though modern usage of the Bamum script has largely declined, characters like "ꚵ" are preserved in Unicode to support digital representation and cultural heritage documentation, ensuring that this writing system remains accessible for linguistic and historical study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6B5 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Mu |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꚵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꚵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9A 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6b5 |