U+1B180 "𛆀" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛆀

U+1B180 "𛆀" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph within the Nushu script, an unique syllabary historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China, to express themselves in a patriarchal society where formal education in Chinese characters was largely denied to them. This character, encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, represents a phonetic syllable or logographic element that contributes to the lyrical and poetic nature of Nushu writings, which were often embroidered on fans, cloth, or written in books shared among female friends and relatives. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this endangered cultural heritage, allowing for digital representation and research into a system that served as a powerful tool for female autonomy, emotional expression, and secret communication for centuries.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B180
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 𛆀
HTML Hex Encoding 𛆀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x86 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDD80
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B180
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udd80

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 37.01

Unihan Properties

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