U+1B26E "𛉮" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛉮

U+1B26E "𛉮" Nushu Character-# is a glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabic writing system historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China. This specific character represents a phonetic syllable within that script, which was developed to allow women to communicate and express themselves in a society where they were largely denied formal education in Chinese characters. Nushu itself is a unique cultural artifact, often written in a linear, cursive style, and its characters like this one encode the local dialect, preserving a voice of female resilience and creativity. The inclusion of "𛉮" in the Unicode standard helps to document and digitally preserve this endangered script for future study and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B26E
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 𛉮
HTML Hex Encoding 𛉮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x89 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE6E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B26E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude6e

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 48.21

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading fang13