U+1B1A9 "𛆩" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛆩

U+1B1A9 "𛆩" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nüshu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China. This character belongs to the Nushu block of the Unicode Standard, encoded as part of a comprehensive effort to digitally preserve and represent ancient and minority scripts. The symbol itself represents a phonetic syllable in the Nüshu system, which was employed to write the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect, often in poetic or personal correspondence. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this important cultural heritage, once passed down in secret through generations of women, can be studied, displayed, and used in modern digital communication without being lost to technological obscurity.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B1A9
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 𛆩
HTML Hex Encoding 𛆩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x86 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDDA9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B1A9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udda9

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 37.15

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading khua44