U+A6D1 "ꛑ" Bamum Letter Rae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꛑ
U+A6D1 "ꛑ" Bamum Letter Rae is a part of the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable or phonetic sound within the script's complex system, which underwent significant reform in the early 20th century under King Njoya to reduce its hundreds of pictographic signs into a more manageable syllabary. The letter Rae is one of the many characters that contribute to preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum community, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures digital compatibility for modern text processing and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6D1 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Rae |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6D1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6D1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6d1 |