U+1BC5F "𛱟" Duployan Letter Wei Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛱟
U+1BC5F "𛱟" Duployan Letter Wei is part of the Duployan shorthand script, a phonetic writing system created in the 19th century by French priest Émile Duployé for rapid transcription of speech in French and other languages. This specific letter represents the sound "wei" or a similar diphthong, and it belongs to the extensive set of characters designed to capture the nuances of spoken language through simple, flowing strokes. The Duployan script was historically used for ecclesiastical, educational, and commercial purposes, and its inclusion in Unicode preserves a unique method of stenography that reflects the linguistic diversity of shorthand systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC5F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Wei |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC5F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC5F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc5f |