U+A6BD "ꚽ" Bamum Letter Nu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A6BD "ꚽ" Bamum Letter Nu is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon, and it represents the syllable or sound "nu" in that language. This character is part of the Bamum block in Unicode, introduced to preserve and digitally support the script that King Njoya and his scribes developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The letter Nu is one of many characters in the script's original syllabary, which underwent several stages of simplification and reform before falling largely out of common use, though it remains an important cultural symbol for the Bamum people and is used in modern revival efforts.

General Properties

Code Point U+A6BD
Version Added 5.2
Name Bamum Letter Nu
Block Bamum
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꚽ
HTML Hex Encoding ꚽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x9A 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA6BD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A6BD
C/C++/Java Escape \ua6bd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter