U+1B26B "𛉫" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛉫

U+1B26B "𛉫" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabic writing system historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County region of Hunan Province, China. This script, which dates back several centuries, was created as a form of secret communication among women who were often denied formal education in Chinese characters, allowing them to express personal thoughts, poetry, and stories in a coded phonetic system. The "#" in the character's name indicates a placeholder or unassigned semantic mapping within the Unicode standard, as Nushu characters were primarily logographic in nature but encoded syllabically; thus U+1B26B represents a particular syllable or morpheme drawn from that unique linguistic tradition. Its inclusion in Unicode, as part of the Nushu block (U+1B170 to U+1B2FF), helps preserve a vital piece of intangible cultural heritage, enabling digital representation and study of this endangered women's script.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B26B
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 𛉫
HTML Hex Encoding 𛉫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x89 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE6B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B26B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude6b

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 48.17

Unihan Properties

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