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𖥨

bamum letter phase-e mbeum

Bamum letter Phase-E Mbeum

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𖥨 is the Phase E Mbeum character in Bamum writing. In ordinary chat, its intended reaction may be unclear.

Text symbol

What 𖥨 means

It belongs to an older Bamum writing stage.

Bamum writing developed from 1896 to 1910 under King Ibrahim Njoya to record the Bamum language. Early signs stood for words or ideas as memory aids; later revisions formed a syllabary, a system with signs for syllables, used in records and administration. Phase E was one stage. “Mbeum” names this character, not an English message.

Archival script form; without Bamum context, its reading may be unclear.

Do not assume a recipient reads it as a reaction.

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Who writes 𖥨

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Questions people ask

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Why does this Bamum character appear as a box?

The current font may lack historical Bamum support. A supported font can display it.

How to type or find 𖥨

Search it as
bamum mbeum · fish with eye · dotted loop · fish hook
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 16968, then AltX to get 𖥨.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “bamum letter phase-e mbeum”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 16968, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𖥨
CSS
\16968
Unicode input
To type historical Bamum, use a Unicode character map or a hex-input tool; search for U16968.
Why is 𖥨 a box on my screen?

fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.

Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖥨
HTML hex
𖥨
CSS content
content: "\16968";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%A5%A8
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.

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