U+16AF3 "ð–«³" Bassa Vah Combining Low-Mid Tone Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–«³
U+16AF3 "ð–«³" Bassa Vah Combining Low-Mid Tone is a combining mark used in writing the Bassa language of Liberia and Sierra Leone with the Bassa Vah script. This character is designed to be placed over a Bassa Vah syllable to indicate a low-mid tonal contour, a crucial phonological feature for distinguishing meaning in this tonal language. As part of the Bassa Vah block (U+16A80 to U+16ACF), it contributes to the accurate representation of Bassa grammar and pronunciation, reflecting the script's revival in modern digital text encoding.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16AF3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Bassa Vah Combining Low-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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDEF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016AF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udef3 |