U+1BC44 "𛱄" Duployan Letter O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱄
U+1BC44 "𛱄" Duployan Letter O is a specific grapheme within the Duployan shorthand script, a system of stenography invented in the 19th century by French priest Émile Duployé for rapid writing in French and other languages. This character represents the vowel sound /o/ and is used in the orthography of several indigenous languages of North America, such as Chinook Jargon and Plains Cree, where the script was adapted for missionary and educational purposes. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures that this historical and culturally significant script can be digitally preserved, transmitted, and accurately rendered across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC44 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter O |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC44 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC44 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc44 |