U+A6A1 "" Bamum Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Bamum Source: Browser Default

U+A6A1 "" Bamum Letter Ka is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom of present-day Cameroon to write the Bamum language. This specific character represents the consonant sound "ka" and is part of a larger syllabic writing system created by King Ibrahim Njoya, which underwent several stages of simplification before its modern encoding. Today, it is used primarily in historical and cultural contexts, as the Bamum language is now commonly written with a Latin alphabet, though the script remains an important symbol of Bamum heritage and identity.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ꚡ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꚡ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9A 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA6A1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A6A1
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua6a1