U+1BC83 "𛲃" Duployan Affix High Long Grave Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛲃
U+1BC83 "𛲃" Duployan Affix High Long Grave is a glyph from the Duployan shorthand script, a system invented in the 19th century for fast writing in several languages including French, English, and German. This specific character functions as an affix, a modifying mark that attaches to a base shorthand sign to alter its meaning or pronunciation. Its name describes its visual form: a high-positioned, long, grave accent-shaped mark, which is typically used to indicate a specific phonetic modification such as a vowel change or a syllabic nuance within the shorthand's writing system. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures that this historical script can be accurately represented and preserved in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1BC83 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Duployan Affix High Long Grave |
| Block | Duployan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛲃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛲃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0xB2 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82F 0xDC83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001BC83 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82f\udc83 |