U+1BC53 "𛱓" Duployan Letter Xw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱓
U+1BC53 "𛱓" Duployan Letter Xw is a specific glyph within the Duployan shorthand script block, which was historically used for writing shorthand versions of various European languages such as French, English, and German. This character represents the sound "xw" or a similar velar-uvular consonant with labialization, and it is part of a systematic set of characters designed for speed and phonetic accuracy in stenography. The Duployan script, invented by Émile Duployé in the 19th century, is now encoded in Unicode for digital preservation and scholarly use, allowing this letter to be displayed and processed on modern computers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC53 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Xw |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC53 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC53 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc53 |