U+1B17D "ð›…½" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð›…½

U+1B17D "ð›…½" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabary historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China, to communicate and express themselves in a patriarchal society. This character, like others in the Nushu block, represents a syllable in the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect and was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of Version 14.0 to preserve this unique and endangered writing system. Its exact phonetic value corresponds to a particular sound within that dialect, and while the "#" denotes a placeholder for a specific character name not yet formally assigned by the Unicode Consortium, it remains a vital piece of cultural heritage, symbolizing the resilience and creativity of Nushu writers over centuries.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B17D
Version Added 10.0
Name Nushu Character-#
Block Nushu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛅽
HTML Hex Encoding 𛅽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x85 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDD7D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B17D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udd7d

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Nushu
Script Extensions Nushu
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
kNSHU_DubenSrc 36.14

Unihan Properties

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