U+16AD8 "𖫘" Bassa Vah Letter Kpah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+16AD8 "𖫘" Bassa Vah Letter Kpah is a glyph from the Bassa Vah script, which was historically used by the Bassa people of Liberia and Sierra Leone to write the Bassa language. This script, invented in the early twentieth century by Dr. Thomas Flo Lewis, is an alphabetic writing system with a unique set of characters, and the letter "Kpah" represents a specific consonant sound in the language. As part of the Unicode Standard, U+16AD8 ensures that this historical script can be digitally preserved, displayed, and exchanged across modern computing platforms, supporting efforts to revitalize and document the Bassa language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+16AD8
Name
Bassa Vah Letter Kpah
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𖫘
HTML Hex Encoding
𖫘
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x96 0xAB 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD81A 0xDED8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00016AD8
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud81a\uded8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bassa Vah