U+1B2B8 "𛊸" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛊸

U+1B2B8 "𛊸" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabic writing system historically created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County area of Hunan Province, China, to express their thoughts and emotions in a patriarchal society. This particular character represents one of the hundreds of distinct symbols that compose the Nushu script, which is typically written in vertical columns from right to left and is often used to record poetry, personal letters, and folk songs. The inclusion of U+1B2B8 in the Unicode Standard ensures that this unique cultural artifact can be digitally preserved, shared, and displayed on modern computing devices, supporting the ongoing efforts to document and revitalize a writing tradition that faced decline over the twentieth century but has since seen renewed interest from scholars and cultural preservationists.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B2B8
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 𛊸
HTML Hex Encoding 𛊸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x8A 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDEB8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B2B8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udeb8

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 52.09

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading swe44