U+1BC2A "𛰪" Duployan Letter S S Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛰪

U+1BC2A "𛰪" Duployan Letter S S is a glyph belonging to the Duployan shorthand script, which was invented in the 19th century by Émile Duployé for writing French and later adapted for other languages including English. This specific character represents the consonant sound "S" and is used within the shorthand system to efficiently record speech through simplified, cursive strokes. As part of the Duployan block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitize historical shorthand texts, enabling modern display and processing of this once popular writing method.

General Properties

Code Point U+1BC2A
Version Added 7.0
Name Duployan Letter S S
Block Duployan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛰪
HTML Hex Encoding 𛰪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0xB0 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82F 0xDC2A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001BC2A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82f\udc2a

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