U+169CD "𖧍" Bamum Letter Phase-E Piet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+169CD "𖧍" Bamum Letter Phase-E Piet is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, a writing system historically used by the Bamum people in present-day Cameroon to record the language of the same name. This character belongs to the "Phase-E" subset of the script, which represents the final stage of an extensive syllabary reform undertaken by King Njoya and his scholars in the early 20th century. As a letter, it encodes a particular syllabic sound, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this endangered script can be digitally preserved and utilized in modern computing environments, supporting both historical documentation and contemporary revitalization efforts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+169CD
Name
Bamum Letter Phase-E Piet
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𖧍
HTML Hex Encoding
𖧍
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x96 0xA7 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81A 0xDDCD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000169CD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81a\uddcd
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum