U+1BC5C "𛱜" Duployan Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱜
U+1BC5C "𛱜" Duployan Letter Wa is a component of the Duployan shorthand script, which was developed in the 19th century for rapid writing in various languages including French, English, and German. This specific letter represents the sound "wa" and is part of a larger system designed to increase writing speed through simplified, cursive symbols that often combine or modify strokes to denote different consonants and vowels. It is classified under the Shorthand Format Controls block and is used in specialized linguistic and historical contexts rather than in mainstream digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC5C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Wa |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc5c |