U+A6EE "ꛮ" Bamum Letter Kovuu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A6EE "ꛮ" Bamum Letter Kovuu is a glyph from the Bamum script, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in present-day Cameroon by King Njoya of the Bamum people. This specific character, named Kovuu, represents a syllabic unit used in the writing system for the Bamum language, primarily for historical and ceremonial texts rather than everyday modern communication. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally encode a significant piece of African linguistic heritage, allowing scholars and speakers to access and reproduce traditional writings with accuracy.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A6EE
Name
Bamum Letter Kovuu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ꛮ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꛮ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9B 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA6EE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A6EE
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua6ee
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
9
Script Extensions
Bamum