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𖧅

bamum letter phase-e nae

Bamum Letter Phase-E Nae

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𖧅 is the Bamum Phase-E letter called Nae. It belongs to historical Bamum writing; Phase G is the modern form of the script.

Text symbol

What 𖧅 means

It is a Phase-E Bamum sign named Nae. King Ibrahim Njoya began developing Bamum writing in 1896. Early signs included pictures and whole-word signs used as memory aids; later revisions reduced and reassigned them.

Phase E mixed signs for whole words and sounds. Phase F moved toward writing syllables; Phase G is modern Bamum. Later phases could reuse shapes for other sounds or meanings, so this historical sign is not interchangeable with a modern one.

Historical and specialist: Phase E is an earlier form; Phase G is modern Bamum.

Who writes 𖧅

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𖧅 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.

How to type or find 𖧅

Search it as
bamum nae · bamum phase e · historical bamum · bamum script · bamum letter · bamum writing · bamum unicode · shumom script
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 169C5, then AltX to get 𖧅.
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 nae”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 169c5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𖧅
CSS
\169C5
Keyboard and font
If your Bamum keyboard lacks Phase E, enter 169C5 in software that accepts hexadecimal Unicode. A font with historical Bamum support is also needed to display it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖧅
HTML hex
𖧅
CSS content
content: "\169C5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%A7%85
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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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