U+1B1CE "𛇎" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛇎

U+1B1CE "𛇎" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nüshu script, a syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in Jiangyong County of Hunan Province, China to express their thoughts and experiences in a patriarchal society. This character, part of the Nüshu block added to Unicode 10.0, represents a phonetic syllable rather than an ideogram, as the script functions by transcribing the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect. Deciphering its exact pronunciation and meaning depends on the context of a handwritten text, as Nüshu was traditionally composed in vertical columns and read from right to left, with individual characters often varying in style between different writers. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally document a unique cultural heritage that had nearly vanished by the late 20th century.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B1CE
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 𛇎
HTML Hex Encoding 𛇎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x87 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDDCE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B1CE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\uddce

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 41.04

Unihan Properties

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