U+1CDFB "𜷻" Up-Pointing Frog Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𜷻

U+1CDFB "𜷻" Up-Pointing Frog is a rare and specialized symbol belonging to the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically within the range of ancient or reconstructed script blocks, and it depicts a frog oriented upward, likely drawing from obscure historical or alchemical iconography where frogs symbolized transformation, fertility, or celestial alignment. Its inclusion in Unicode reflects efforts to encode marginal, ritualistic, or forgotten glyphs from early writing systems or esoteric texts, though its exact origin and usage remain largely undocumented in mainstream digital typography. This character serves as a curious artifact of digital cultural preservation, allowing modern text systems to represent a niche pictogram that might otherwise be lost to conventional character sets.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CDFB
Version Added 16.0
Name Up-Pointing Frog
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 0xB7 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD833 0xDDFB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001CDFB
C/C++/Java Escape \ud833\uddfb

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