U+16AEB "ð–««" Bassa Vah Letter Ee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16AEB "ð–««" Bassa Vah Letter Ee is a symbol from the Bassa Vah alphabet, a writing system created in the early 20th century for the Bassa language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the vowel sound "Ee" and belongs to a script that was designed by Dr. Thomas Flo Lewis to provide a native orthography for the Bassa people. The Bassa Vah script, encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, features a unique syllabic and alphabetic structure, with this letter serving as a key component in writing the language's phonetic inventory. The character's inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support a writing system that has historically faced challenges from colonial influence and the adoption of Latin script.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖫫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖫫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xAB 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDEEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00016AEB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udeeb |
Unicode Properties