U+1CC71 "饻北" Up-Facing Snake Head with Open Mouth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1CC71 "饻北" Up-Facing Snake Head with Open Mouth is a rare and visually distinctive symbol belonging to the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically part of the ancient Indus Valley script block, though its precise historical usage and meaning remain debated among scholars. This pictographic character depicts a stylized snake head oriented upward with its mouth agape, likely representing a serpentine motif that may have held symbolic significance in ritual, mythological, or administrative contexts of the Indus Valley civilization. While its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation, the character lacks a definitive modern interpretation due to the undeciphered nature of the Indus script, leaving its original function within inscriptions open to archaeological speculation.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𜱱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𜱱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9C 0xB1 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD833 0xDC71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001CC71 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud833\udc71 |
Unicode Properties