U+1B1EF "𛇯" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛇯

U+1B1EF "𛇯" 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 express their personal thoughts, poetry, and stories in a society where formal education was largely denied to them. This character represents a distinct syllable or word within that script, which consists of several hundred characters derived from Chinese character shapes but simplified and stylized into a flowing, cursive form. The inclusion of this symbol in the Unicode Standard ensures its preservation and digital transmission, helping to protect the cultural heritage of Nüshu, which was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding due to the dwindling number of fluent users in the modern era.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B1EF
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 𛇯
HTML Hex Encoding 𛇯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x87 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDDEF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B1EF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\uddef

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 43.01

Unihan Properties

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