U+A6D9 "ꛙ" Bamum Letter Fom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꛙ
U+A6D9 "ꛙ" Bamum Letter Fom is a part of the Bamum script, an originally syllabic writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in Cameroon. Specifically, this character represents the syllable "fom" and belongs to the modern reformed version of the script created by King Njoya, which was later standardized in Unicode under the Bamum block. The letter is used in traditional documentation, historical texts, and ongoing efforts to preserve and revive the Bamum language and its unique writing heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6D9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Fom |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6D9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6d9 |