What 𖧶 means
It is a historical letter in the Bamum script. “Na” is part of its script-specific character name, not an English translation.
Bamum writing developed from 1896 to 1910. Revisions changed a logographic memory aid—signs that represented ideas or words—into a syllabary, where signs represent syllables. The script served records including history, medicine, calendars, and law. Phase E is an earlier layer than the modern repertoire.
Historical and specialist: this character belongs in work on Bamum manuscripts, script history, or historical text.
Who writes 𖧶
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Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𖧶 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 𖧶
- Search it as
- bamum na · phase-e na · shumom na · old Bamum · Bamum Supplement · historical Bamum
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𖧶\169F6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.