U+A6B7 "ꚷ" Bamum Letter Si Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A6B7 "ꚷ" Bamum Letter Si is a specific glyph from the Bamum script, an indigenous writing system created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Bamum Kingdom, located in present-day Cameroon. This letter represents the phonetic sound "si" and was part of a major script reform developed under King Njoya and his scribes, which aimed to preserve the Bamum language and culture. As one of over 400 characters in the modernized Bamum syllabary, it exemplifies the rich linguistic heritage of the Bamum people and is now encoded in digital systems to support the continued use and study of this historic African script.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A6B7
Name
Bamum Letter Si
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ꚷ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꚷ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9A 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA6B7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A6B7
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua6b7
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum