U+1B23B "𛈻" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛈻

U+1B23B "𛈻" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a unique phonetic syllabary historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County of Hunan Province, China, to write their local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect. This particular character represents an individual syllable or word within that system, though its precise reading and meaning are often tied to the original handwritten texts where it appears, as Nushu characters were traditionally written in vertical columns on paper and fans. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures its digital preservation and accessibility, allowing for the study and revitalization of a script that served as a secret, female coded language of expression for centuries before being suppressed in the 20th century.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B23B
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 𛈻
HTML Hex Encoding 𛈻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x88 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B23B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude3b

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 45.14

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading ngu13