U+A6D6 "ꛖ" Bamum Letter Sho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꛖ
U+A6D6 "ꛖ" Bamum Letter Sho is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language of Cameroon, originally created by King Njoya. This specific character represents a syllable or phonetic sound in the script, which underwent several stages of reform, and it is part of the Unicode Bamum block encompassing characters from the modern, standardized version of the script. The letter Sho, like other Bamum symbols, contributes to the preservation of the language and cultural heritage of the Bamum people, allowing for digital representation and exchange of their written texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6D6 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Sho |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6d6 |