U+1B2F8 "𛋸" Nushu Character-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛋸

U+1B2F8 "𛋸" Nushu Character-# is a specific glyph from the Nushu script, a syllabary historically used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong region of Hunan Province, China, to write the local Xiangnan Tuhua dialect. This particular character, representing an unknown syllable or morpheme, is part of the larger Nushu repertoire that was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 under the Nushu block, enabling digital preservation and study of this endangered writing system. As a rare and culturally significant symbol, U+1B2F8 helps document the unique linguistic and feminist heritage of Nushu, which was traditionally written on fans, embroidery, and paper to express personal feelings and stories in a male dominated society.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B2F8
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 𛋸
HTML Hex Encoding 𛋸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x8B 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDEF8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B2F8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udef8

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 56.02

Unihan Properties

kNSHU_Reading ku5