What 𖧾 means
𖧾 is the bamum letter phase-e ki. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Bamum Supplement block; this site shelves it under African scripts.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
𖧾 is a single code point, U169FE. In HTML that is 𖧾, and in CSS \169FE.
Historical and specialist: Phase G is the modern Bamum form; linguists and historians study the earlier signs.
“Ki” and “koghom” belong to different phases, not interchangeable readings.
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Who writes 𖧾
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Don't confuse it with
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Digit Eight
Shares a UTS #39 confusable skeleton with the digit 8; in some fonts the Bamum Ki and the digit can look alike.
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Fullwidth Digit Eight
Fullwidth Digit Eight, a width variant of the digit 8 that can be pasted in by mistake from CJK input methods.
Mathematical Bold Digit Eight
Mathematical Bold Digit Eight, a styled copy of 8 that renders like a heavy digit and can be mistaken for it.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Can 𖧾 appear as a blank box?
A font may lack this older Bamum glyph and show an empty box or missing-character mark. That display gap does not change the character in the text.
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How to type or find 𖧾
- Search it as
- bamum ki · bamum koghom · bamum phase e · bamum phase f · bamun script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𖧾CSS
\169FECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖧾
HTML hex
𖧾
CSS content
content: "\169FE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%A7%BE
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.