What 𖦄 means
It is a Bamum letter from historical Phase E. The Bamum script began around 1896 in Cameroon. King Ibrahim Njoya and palace scribes developed it to record the Bamum language, history, and administration. Early signs pictured things or represented words and ideas as memory aids; revisions simplified them.
Peem is this letter’s name, not an English word. Phase E took shape around 1907–1908 and was used in a Bible translation. As of 2026, modern Bamum uses Phase G, a syllabary where each sign represents a spoken syllable.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𖦄 show as a square?
The font selected by your app may not include this character. Switch to a font with Bamum coverage.
How to type 𖦄
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 16984, then Alt+X to get 𖦄.
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 peem”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 16984, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𖦄CSS
\16984Unicode hex input
To enter a Phase-E Bamum letter, use hexadecimal Unicode input; published layouts target modern Bamum. Enter 16984 if your editor supports it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𖦄
HTML hex
𖦄
CSS content
content: "\16984";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%96%A6%84
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.