U+1BC26 "ð›°¦" Duployan Letter S with Dot Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1BC26 "ð›°¦" Duployan Letter S with Dot Below is a specific glyph belonging to the Duployan shorthand script, a complex writing system developed in the 19th century by Émile Duployé for rapid, phonetic transcription of French, English, and other languages. This character represents a modified version of the standard Duployan letter S, distinguished by a small dot placed beneath the character, which typically indicates a particular phonetic nuance, such as a voiced or aspirated variant of the sound. The "S with Dot Below" is part of a systematic set of diacritical markings used to expand the script's ability to capture subtle phonetic distinctions without adding completely new letter forms. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can preserve the precise orthographic and historical details of Duployan shorthand documents, supporting linguistic study and archival work. Overall, U+1BC26 is a specialized, functional element within a once-popular shorthand system, now preserved in

General Properties

Code Point U+1BC26
Version Added 7.0
Name Duployan Letter S with Dot Below
Block Duployan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛰦
HTML Hex Encoding 𛰦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0xB0 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82F 0xDC26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001BC26
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82f\udc26

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 Alphabetic
Script Duployan
Script Extensions Duployan
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter