U+1B229 "𛈩" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛈩

U+1B229 "𛈩" Nushu Character-# is a specific grapheme from the Nushu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China. Defined within the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, this character represents a particular phonetic syllable within the Nushu repertoire, which was employed to compose poetry, letters, and personal narratives as a form of private expression in a culture where female literacy in traditional Chinese characters was often discouraged. As part of the official Unicode Standard, this encoded character helps preserve and digitally represent a once endangered form of cultural heritage, ensuring that the intricate symbols and the voices they carried remain accessible for linguistic study, historical research, and modern digital communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B229
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 𛈩
HTML Hex Encoding 𛈩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x88 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE29
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B229
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude29

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 45.12

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading fu33