U+1680D "𖠍" Bamum Letter Phase-A Ngangu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1680D "𖠍" Bamum Letter Phase-A Ngangu is a part of the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present day Cameroon. This specific character represents a syllable or phonetic element from the script's initial Phase A, which was created under the direction of King Ibrahim Njoya to transcribe the Bamum language. The glyph's design reflects the distinctive, linear geometric style of early Bamum writing, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard enables the digital preservation and use of this historical script in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1680D
Name
Bamum Letter Phase-A Ngangu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𖠍
HTML Hex Encoding
𖠍
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x96 0xA0 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81A 0xDC0D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001680D
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81a\udc0d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum