U+1BC51 "𛱑" Duployan Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱑
U+1BC51 "𛱑" Duployan Letter U is a specific glyph from the Duployan shorthand script, a system invented in the 19th century by French priest Émile Duployé to enable rapid writing in French and other languages. This character represents the vowel sound "U" and is one of many letters designed to streamline writing through simplified, calligraphic strokes. The Duployan script, also known as the Duployé shorthand, was particularly used for missionary work and language transcription, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve this historical writing system for digital use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC51 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter U |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc51 |