U+A6E0 "ꛠ" Bamum Letter Mben Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꛠ
U+A6E0 "ꛠ" Bamum Letter Mben is a character from the Bamum script, which was historically used in the Kingdom of Bamum, located in present-day Cameroon. It represents a specific phonetic value within the language and is part of a larger syllabary that was invented by King Njoya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This particular letter, Mben, contributes to the written representation of the Bamum language, which underwent several script reforms before falling into disuse and later being revived in modern times for cultural and educational purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6E0 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Mben |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6e0 |