What 𖦟 means
“Laam” identifies the letter; it does not translate a full text.
Bamum king Njoya and palace collaborators began the writing project in 1896. They completed its first version, called Lerewa, around 1897.
Bamum writing changed across phases
The script moved from picture- and word-like signs toward the A-ka-u-ku syllabary, where signs represent syllables. The Arabic and Vai scripts may have influenced it. Phase E came before modern Phase G.
Who writes 𖦟
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖦟 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𖦟
- Search it as
- bamum · bamun · shumom · shü-mom · laam · bamum script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𖦟CSS
\1699FUnicode input
Its Unicode code has five hexadecimal digits (0–9 and A–F); a four-digit shortcut cannot enter it. Use an input method that accepts five-digit values.
Font support
A box means the selected font cannot draw this character; the text can still contain it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖦟
HTML hex
𖦟
CSS content
content: "\1699F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%A6%9F
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.