U+1B243 "𛉃" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛉃

U+1B243 "𛉃" Nushu Character-# is part of the Nushu script, a unique syllabary historically used exclusively by women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China. This specific character represents a distinct syllable within that writing system, which was developed as a secret form of communication to express personal feelings, stories, and songs in a patriarchal society where women were often denied formal education in Chinese characters. Encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Nushu block, this character helps preserve and digitally represent a culturally significant script that was nearly lost, with efforts ongoing to revive its use and study.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B243
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 𛉃
HTML Hex Encoding 𛉃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x89 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE43
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B243
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude43

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 46.13

Unihan Properties

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