What 𖥩 means
It is the Phase-E Bamum letter named “lap.”
The Unicode chart also notes “men in Phase F” for this encoded character. The phase labels reflect successive revisions of Bamum writing, so they should not be treated as interchangeable readings in every context.
Why was the Bamum script made?
It began as a way to write Bamum and record court life.
King Ibrahim Njoya, ruler of the Bamum kingdom in western Cameroon, and court scribes began developing the script around 1896. A surviving manuscript from its first phase is dated 1897. Early stages used many signs for words or objects before the system moved toward signs for syllables.
Later phases served letters, calendars, histories, school lessons, court records and maps. By 1910, Njoya had revised it into A ka u ku, a smaller standard stage; 𖥩 belongs to the earlier Phase E.
Historical and specialist; its natural home is Bamum-script writing.
If it appears as a box, your font or app may lack Bamum coverage; the encoded character is still 𖥩.
Who writes 𖥩
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖥩 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 𖥩
- Search it as
- bamum lap · bamoun lap · shumom script · bamum script · phase e lap · bamum keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𖥩\16969Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.