U+1041F "𐐟" Deseret Capital Letter Esh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐐟
U+1041F "𐐟" Deseret Capital Letter Esh is a typographic symbol from the Deseret alphabet, a phonetically based writing system developed in the mid-19th century by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under Brigham Young to simplify English spelling. This uppercase letter represents the "sh" sound, similar to the English digraph "sh" in words like "ship" or "shush." Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that historical texts written in the Deseret alphabet, such as early Mormon scriptures and educational materials, can be digitally preserved and accurately displayed. Despite the alphabet's limited historical use, this character remains a key part of preserving a unique linguistic artifact from the American frontier.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1041F |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Deseret Capital Letter Esh |
| Block | Deseret |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐐟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐐟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x90 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC1F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001041F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc1f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| Lowercase Code Point | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| Simple Case Folding | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| Case Folding | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "𐑇" U+10447 Deseret Small Letter Esh |
| Script | Deseret |
| Script Extensions | Deseret |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |