U+1B2F5 "𛋵" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛋵

U+1B2F5 "𛋵" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph within the Nushu script, a syllabic writing system historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China. This character represents one of the hundreds of distinct symbols in Nushu, which was employed to write a local dialect of Chinese and often served as a secret means of communication, allowing women to express personal emotions, tell stories, and correspond in a society where formal education was typically reserved for men. As part of the Unicode Standard, it has been encoded under the Nushu block to help preserve and digitally represent this unique cultural heritage, ensuring that modern technology can support the study, transcription, and revival of this endangered writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B2F5
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 𛋵
HTML Hex Encoding 𛋵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x8B 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDEF5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B2F5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udef5

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 55.18

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading nguow13