U+A6F1 "꛱" Bamum Combining Mark Tukwentis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꛱
U+A6F1 "꛱" Bamum Combining Mark Tukwentis is a diacritical mark used in the Bamum script, which was developed in the early 20th century by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon. This combining mark is specifically designed to modify the sound or tone of a base Bamum syllable character, contributing to the precise phonetic representation of the language. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and modern use of the Bamum writing system, which has seen a revival in educational and cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A6F1 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Bamum Combining Mark Tukwentis |
| Block | Bamum |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꛱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꛱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9B 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA6F1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A6F1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua6f1 |