What 𖦋 means
Enter U1698B with Unicode code-point input.
A font without Bamum Supplement coverage may show a box or blank; the character itself remains the same. Different fonts can draw it with different outlines.
Phase-E forms belong to an older stage of Bamum writing, so this character fits historical Bamum texts.
What does 𖦋 mean?
It is the Bamum letter labeled MAP in historical tables. The Latin-letter label identifies the character in the Bamum chart.
Bamum writing began around 1896 under Sultan Ibrahim Njoya, the Bamum ruler, and his scribes. Its first large set used signs for words or ideas as memory aids; successive revisions simplified the script toward a syllabary—a system whose signs represent spoken syllables—by 1910.
The historical table records the MAP value across Phases A–E. Bamum manuscripts covered history, traditional medicine, local maps, correspondence, and folktales.
Historical and linguistic; it signals Bamum writing or specialist script study.
Who writes 𖦋
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Questions people ask
2Is 𖦋 a map symbol?
No. The historical Bamum table uses MAP as the character's Latin-letter label; 𖦋 is not a map icon.
Can modern Bamum writers use 𖦋?
Generally no. Unicode 17.0 describes the Bamum Supplement as historical material outside the standard Bamum spelling system used today; specialists in linguistics and history are among its modern users.
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How to type or find 𖦋
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- Bamum MAP · Bamum map letter · old Bamum writing · historical Bamum · Bamum Unicode input · Bamum script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𖦋\1698BCodes and encoding1 code points
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