U+1BC30 "ð›°°" Duployan Letter J N Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1BC30 "ð›°°" Duployan Letter J N is a glyph used in the Duployan shorthand system, a writing method developed in the late 19th century for rapid transcription of English, French, and other languages. This specific letter represents a combined sound, typically a transitional or nasalized "J" and "N" sequence, reflecting the system's design to phonetically compress multiple consonant sounds into single strokes for speed. Belonging to the Duployan script block in the Unicode Standard, it is part of an extensive repertoire of over 300 characters that encode the shorthand's various shapes, curves, and diacritics. While largely historical and now mainly studied by linguists and stenography enthusiasts, its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation of this specialized writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+1BC30
Version Added 7.0
Name Duployan Letter J N
Block Duployan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛰰
HTML Hex Encoding 𛰰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0xB0 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82F 0xDC30
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001BC30
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82f\udc30

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