U+1BC60 "ð›± " Duployan Letter Wow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð›±
U+1BC60 "ð›± " Duployan Letter Wow is a glyph from the Duployan shorthand script, a system of phonetic writing developed in the late 19th century by Émile Duployé for French stenography and later adapted for other languages like English and Chinook Jargon. This specific character represents the sound for the letter "W" or a similar labiovelar glide, and it is used within the context of rapid notation to transcribe spoken words efficiently. As part of the Duployan block in Unicode, it supports the preservation and digital encoding of historical shorthand systems, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to work with this unique writing method in modern text environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC60 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Letter Wow |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛱠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛱠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB1 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC60 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC60 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc60 |