U+1B239 "𛈹" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛈹

U+1B239 "𛈹" Nushu Character-# is a specific symbol within the Nushu script, a syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China. This particular character represents one of the many unique logographic or phonetic elements of Nushu, which was employed to write a local dialect and allowed women to express personal narratives, emotions, and social commentary in a patriarchal society where formal education in Chinese characters was often denied to them. As part of the Unicode Standard's Nushu block (U+1B170 to U+1B2FF), this character helps preserve and digitally encode a rare and culturally significant script that was nearly lost to history, with its inclusion ensuring that the voices and literary heritage of Nushu writers remain accessible for study and transmission in the digital age.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B239
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 𛈹
HTML Hex Encoding 𛈹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x88 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE39
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B239
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude39

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 45.27

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading huow21