U+1B257 "𛉗" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛉗

U+1B257 "𛉗" Nushu Character-# is a glyph from the Nüshu script, a unique syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China. This specific character represents a phonetic syllable used to transcribe the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect, encoding a word that typically refers to a concept related to family or internal identity. Nüshu characters are distinct from Chinese characters, often resembling elongated, slender forms, and were traditionally written on fans, embroidered on cloth, or inscribed in books to express women's personal feelings, literature, and social connections in a patriarchal society.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B257
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 𛉗
HTML Hex Encoding 𛉗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x89 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE57
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B257
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude57

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 47.13

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading tsu42