U+1B249 "𛉉" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛉉

U+1B249 "𛉉" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabary historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County area of Hunan Province, China. This script was developed as a secret form of writing to allow women to communicate and express their personal thoughts, struggles, and emotions, often in the face of strict patriarchal societal norms. The character itself represents a syllable within this system, which consists of several hundred distinct glyphs that are often written in a flowing, calligraphic style derived from Chinese characters. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this unique and endangered women’s script, facilitating modern scholarship and cultural heritage efforts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B249
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 𛉉
HTML Hex Encoding 𛉉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x89 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE49
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B249
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude49

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 49.16

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading tshoe44