U+1BC26 "ð›°¦" Duployan Letter S with Dot Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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