U+A6E1 "ꛡ" Bamum Letter Ren Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꛡ
U+A6E1 "ꛡ" Bamum Letter Ren is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, which was historically used to write the Bamum language of Cameroon. This character represents the syllable "ren" in the Bamum syllabary, a writing system originally developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by King Njoya of the Bamum people. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this letter can be correctly represented and exchanged across modern digital platforms, preserving a vital piece of West African cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6E1 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Letter Ren |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6e1 |