U+1BC84 "𛲄" Duployan Affix High Dot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛲄

U+1BC84 "𛲄" Duployan Affix High Dot is a component of the Duployan shorthand writing system, which was developed in the 19th century for rapid transcription in French, English, and other languages. This specific character functions as a diacritical mark placed high above other shorthand symbols to modify their phonetic value, often indicating a specific vowel sound or a change in pronunciation. As part of the Shorthand Format Controls block, its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve historical stenography methods, enabling digital representation and research into these once widely used but now largely obsolete script systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1BC84
Version Added 7.0
Name Duployan Affix High Dot
Block Duployan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛲄
HTML Hex Encoding 𛲄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0xB2 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82F 0xDC84
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001BC84
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82f\udc84

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Duployan
Script Extensions Duployan
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter