U+A6EF "ꛯ" Bamum Letter Koghom Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A6EF "ꛯ" Bamum Letter Koghom is a glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in what is now Cameroon. This specific letter, named Koghom, represents a phonetic sound or syllable within the script's 6th phase of evolution, which was intentionally simplified by King Njoya to be more accessible for his people. As part of the Bamum block in Unicode, this character helps preserve the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Bamum people, enabling digital text representation and study of this historically important African script.

General Properties

Code Point U+A6EF
Version Added 5.2
Name Bamum Letter Koghom
Block Bamum
General Category Letter Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꛯ
HTML Hex Encoding ꛯ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x9B 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA6EF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A6EF
C/C++/Java Escape \ua6ef

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 0
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter