U+1BC5A "𛱚" Duployan Letter Ow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱚
U+1BC5A "𛱚" Duployan Letter Ow is part of the Duployan shorthand block, which encodes letters from the Duployan shorthand system invented by Émile Duployé in the 19th century for writing French and later adapted for other languages. This specific character represents the sound "ow" as in the English word "cow". It is a cursive form composed of a loop and a stroke, reflecting the phonetic nature of the Duployan system, which prioritizes speed and simplicity of writing over visual complexity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC5A |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Ow |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc5a |