U+A6F7 "꛷" Bamum Question Mark Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A6F7 "꛷" Bamum Question Mark is a punctuation mark used in the Bamum script, which was developed for writing the Bamum language of Cameroon, West Africa. This character serves as the interrogative symbol for the modern Bamum orthography, indicating a question in written text. Its encoding in the Unicode Standard ensures that this script-specific punctuation can be correctly represented and exchanged across digital platforms, preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum people.

General Properties

Code Point U+A6F7
Version Added 5.2
Name Bamum Question Mark
Block Bamum
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꛷
HTML Hex Encoding ꛷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x9B 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA6F7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A6F7
C/C++/Java Escape \ua6f7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Break After
Script Bamum
Script Extensions Bamum
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Terminal Punctuation Yes
Sentence Terminal Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break STerm