U+A6C0 "ꛀ" Bamum Letter Shu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A6C0 "ꛀ" Bamum Letter Shu is part of the Bamum script, a writing system developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the Bamum language spoken in present day Cameroon. This specific character represents the syllable or phonetic sound "shu" and belongs to the modern or simplified phase of the script, which was revised by King Njoya of the Bamum people to make writing more accessible. As a member of the Bamum block in Unicode, it serves as a vital tool for preserving and digitally encoding the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bamum community, enabling its use in modern computing and text processing.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A6C0
Name
Bamum Letter Shu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ꛀ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꛀ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9B 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA6C0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A6C0
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua6c0
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bamum