U+1BC49 "𛱉" Duployan Letter Short I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱉
U+1BC49 "𛱉" Duployan Letter Short I is a character from the Duployan shorthand script, which was developed in the 19th century by Émile Duployé for writing French and other languages. This specific character represents a short vowel sound, denoted as "I," and is part of a larger system designed for rapid, phonetic writing. In Duployan, letters like Short I are typically cursive and simplified, allowing for efficient note‑taking and transcription. The character belongs to the Duployan block in Unicode, added to support historical and linguistic documentation of this lesser‑used script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC49 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Short I |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC49 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc49 |