U+1BC41 "𛱁" Duployan Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱁
U+1BC41 "𛱁" Duployan Letter A is a glyph from the Duployan shorthand script, a complex writing system invented in the late 19th century by Émile Duployé for stenography and later adapted for various languages, most notably for writing Indigenous languages of North America such as Chinook Jargon. This specific character represents the basic vowel sound "a" and is part of a larger set of signs that combine cursive strokes with geometric shapes to enable fast, phonetic transcription. While now largely historical in practical use, the inclusion of Duployan Letter A in Unicode helps preserve the script for linguistic research, digital archival, and revival projects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC41 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter A |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc41 |