U+169BB "𖦻" Bamum Letter Phase-E Fa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+169BB "𖦻" Bamum Letter Phase-E Fa is a specific glyph from the Bamum syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Bamum language of western Cameroon. This character belongs to Phase E, the final stage of the script's evolution, which was refined in the early 20th century under King Ibrahim Njoya to represent the language more accurately with around 80 simplified symbols. The letter "Fa" represents a syllable beginning with the "f" sound, and like other Bamum characters, it is encoded in the Unicode standard to preserve and enable digital use of this important part of Bamum cultural heritage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+169BB
Name
Bamum Letter Phase-E Fa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𖦻
HTML Hex Encoding
𖦻
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x96 0xA6 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81A 0xDDBB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000169BB
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81a\uddbb
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum