U+1BC4F "𛱏" Duployan Letter Long I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱏
U+1BC4F "𛱏" Duployan Letter Long I is a part of the Duployan shorthand block, representing a vowel sound used in the Duployan shorthand system developed in the 19th century for rapid writing of French, English, and other languages. This specific letter denotes a long "I" sound, distinguished from its short counterpart by a lengthening mark or diacritic. It is one of many specialized characters in this script designed to phonetically transcribe spoken language efficiently, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and support for historical shorthand documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC4F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Long I |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc4f |