U+1B187 "𛆇" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛆇

U+1B187 "𛆇" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nüshu script, a syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China. This script, which dates back several centuries, was developed as a secret form of communication, allowing women to share stories, express emotions, and document their lives in a patriarchal society where formal education in Chinese characters was often denied to them. The character "𛆇" represents a phonetic syllable within Nüshu's inventory of approximately 600 to 700 characters, each typically derived from modified Chinese characters but simplified into elegant, curving strokes. Encoded in Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane as part of the Nushu block, this character helps preserve a vital piece of intangible cultural heritage, offering modern scholars and speakers a means to study, digitally represent, and revitalize a language that embodies female resilience and creativity.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B187
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 𛆇
HTML Hex Encoding 𛆇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x86 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDD87
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B187
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udd87

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 37.08

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading liang35