U+1CC8F "" Inverse Black Small Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1CC8F "" Inverse Black Small Square is a symbol from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically found in the "Sutton SignWriting" block, which is used to represent the visual aspects of sign language in written form. This character depicts a small, solid black square that has been inverted, meaning its interior is empty or white against a dark background, and it functions as a building block for composing more complex sign language symbols indicating hand shapes, movements, or facial expressions. While its specific use depends on the surrounding characters in a SignWriting string, it generally serves to denote a compact, neutral or specific hand configuration within the notation system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CC8F |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Inverse Black Small Square |
| Block | Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𜲏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𜲏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9C 0xB2 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD833 0xDC8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001CC8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud833\udc8f |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |