U+1B1E1 "𛇡" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛇡

U+1B1E1 "𛇡" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China, to express their personal thoughts and emotions in a society where formal education was largely denied to them. This character belongs to the Nushu block of Unicode, which was officially encoded in version 10.0 of the Unicode Standard in June 2017 to preserve and digitally represent this endangered script. As a phonetic symbol, each Nushu character like "𛇡" represents a syllable rather than a concept, and its precise meaning can vary depending on the local dialect context. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode ensures that this profound cultural heritage, once transmitted only through handwritten texts and oral tradition, remains accessible for scholarly study, digital communication, and the ongoing efforts to revitalize the living practice of Nushu.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B1E1
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 𛇡
HTML Hex Encoding 𛇡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x87 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDDE1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B1E1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udde1

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 42.02

Unihan Properties

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