U+16AF2 "ð–«²" Bassa Vah Combining Mid Tone Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–«²
U+16AF2 "ð–«²" Bassa Vah Combining Mid Tone is a diacritical mark used in the Bassa Vah script, an alphabet historically employed for writing the Bassa language of Liberia. This combining character is designed to modify a base letter by indicating a mid tone, which is a crucial tonal distinction in the language’s phonetic system. Unlike a standalone symbol, it must be placed above or attached to a preceding consonant or vowel sign to function properly, allowing for accurate representation of tone in written Bassa. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and modern usage of the Bassa script, which has seen renewed interest in community revitalization efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16AF2 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Bassa Vah Combining Mid Tone |
| Block | Bassa Vah |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Overlay |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖫲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖫲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAB 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDEF2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016AF2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udef2 |