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ꛉ

bamum letter wue

Bamum Letter Wue

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ꛉ is a Bamum syllabic letter, read as “wue” in Unicode romanization—not a symbol with a universal chat meaning. Bamum writing began around 1896 in a picture-like phase and developed through revisions into the A-ka-u-ku syllabary. In an unrelated message, read it as a Bamum script sample; a box on screen can mean your font lacks the glyph.

Text symbol

What ꛉ means

It writes a Bamum syllable.

Bamum writing began around 1896 with picture-like signs used as memory aids. Revisions between 1896 and 1910, including signs that stood for sounds, led to the A-ka-u-ku syllabary.

Earlier Bamum phases are part of this script's development. Around 1896, Arabic and Vai influenced the project. Bamum writing later appeared in administrative records and teaching; by 2006, museum documentation described it as heritage displayed in ceremonies and public signs.

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Who writes ꛉ

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Don't confuse it with

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Z
Latin Capital Letter Z
Plain Latin capital Z. This Bamum letter has the same skeleton as Z, so it can look like Z in fonts without Bamum glyphs.
Ζ
Greek Capital Letter Zeta
A Greek letter that looks like Latin Z, so it gets mixed up in copied text and search terms.
Ｚ
Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter Z
Fullwidth Latin capital Z, a wider styled copy of Z that can slip into text by mistake.
Ꮓ
Cherokee Letter No
Cherokee letter No, shaped like Z. It can pass for Z in some fonts.
ℤ
Double-Struck Capital Z
Double-struck capital Z, the mathematical symbol for integers. A styled copy that looks like Z.

Questions people ask

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Why does ꛉ 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 ꛉ

Also called
wue
Search it as
Bamum · Bamum script · A-ka-u-ku · Shumom · Bamum keyboard · Bamum font
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType A6C9, then AltX to get ꛉ.
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 wue”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType a6c9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꛉ
CSS
\A6C9
Dedicated layouts
As of 2026, dedicated Windows and browser layouts are documented. They can help when your system has no Bamum input method.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꛉ
HTML hex
ꛉ
CSS content
content: "\A6C9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%9B%89
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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