U+1B28A "𛊊" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛊊

U+1B28A "𛊊" 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 character, whose exact phonetic value corresponds to a particular syllable in the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect, is part of the Unicode Nushu block (range U+1B170 to U+1B2FF) that was encoded in version 10.0 of the Unicode Standard in 2017 to preserve and digitize this unique female created and transmitted writing system. The character represents one of hundreds of symbols that were employed for personal correspondence, embroidery patterns, and song lyrics, providing a rare historical example of a script developed as a form of covert communication and cultural expression by women in a patriarchal society.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B28A
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 𛊊
HTML Hex Encoding 𛊊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x8A 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDE8A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B28A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\ude8a

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 50.05

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading moe13