U+1B223 "𛈣" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛈣

U+1B223 "𛈣" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nüshu script, a syllabary historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County area of Hunan Province, China. This script, which dates back several centuries, was created as a form of covert written communication to express personal emotions, stories, and songs in a society where formal education and literacy in Chinese characters were largely denied to women. The character itself represents one of the many phonetic syllables within the Nüshu system, each typically denoting a single syllable of the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures the digital preservation and accessibility of this culturally unique and historically significant writing system for future generations.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B223
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 𛈣
HTML Hex Encoding 𛈣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x88 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B223
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude23

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 45.07

Unihan Properties

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