What 𖥤 means
It is a historical sign in Bamum writing.
King Ibrahim Njoya and palace scribes developed Bamum writing for court use and to record the Bamum language and royal administration, beginning in the late 1890s. Early signs could stand for whole ideas or words. Revisions moved toward a syllabary, a writing system where each sign represents a spoken syllable. Phase D appeared around 1907 as the inventory was simplified. “Saq” is the character’s label, not a translation of the passage where it appears.
How did Phase D lead to later Bamum writing?
The later Bamum syllabary belongs to a different stage.
Further revisions led to A-ka-u-ku, a later Bamum syllabary. Phase-D characters belong to the older historical set and are distinct from signs in that later script. As of 2026, Bamum revival projects teach the later system, while historical Bamum Supplement characters remain specialist material.
Historical Bamum writing: it fits archival or specialist linguistic contexts.
Who writes 𖥤
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖥤 show as a box?
Your font may lack Bamum Supplement coverage, so it cannot draw this historical character. A font that supports the character can display it.
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How to type or find 𖥤
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- Bamum script · Shü-Mom · Shumom · Bamoun · Bamum Phase D · Saq
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𖥤\16964Codes and encoding1 code points
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