U+16AD1 "𖫑" Bassa Vah Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+16AD1 "𖫑" Bassa Vah Letter Ka is a glyph from the Bassa Vah script, which was historically used to write the Bassa language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This script, rediscovered and encoded in Unicode’s Supplemental Multilingual Plane, represents a consonant sound akin to the English 'k'. The Bassa Vah script, created in the early 20th century and believed to be inspired by earlier syllabary traditions, is now rarely used, but this character preserves an important piece of West African linguistic heritage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+16AD1
Name
Bassa Vah Letter Ka
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𖫑
HTML Hex Encoding
𖫑
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x96 0xAB 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81A 0xDED1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00016AD1
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81a\uded1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bassa Vah