U+1B23E "𛈾" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛈾

U+1B23E "𛈾" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China. This character, part of the Nushu block encoded in Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, represents a phonetic or semantic unit within a language that women once employed for secret communication and personal expression, often writing in books, fans, or embroidery. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this endangered cultural heritage, allowing digital documentation and study of a script that provides rare insight into the historical agency and literacy of Chinese women.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B23E
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 𛈾
HTML Hex Encoding 𛈾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x88 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE3E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B23E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude3e

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 46.02

Unihan Properties

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