U+1B1D9 "𛇙" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛇙

U+1B1D9 "𛇙" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nüshu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China, to communicate in their local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect. This character represents one of the hundreds of standardized symbols encoded in the Nushu block of Unicode, which was added to preserve and digitize this endangered cultural heritage. The script, often written in elegant, curvilinear strokes, was traditionally used for embroidery, letter writing, and recording personal stories, offering a private voice to women who were denied formal education in classical Chinese. U+1B1D9 thus serves as a digital artifact of this remarkable linguistic tradition, enabling modern preservation and study of a once secret form of female expression.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B1D9
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 𛇙
HTML Hex Encoding 𛇙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x87 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDDD9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B1D9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\uddd9

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 41.16

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading peng44