U+1CE24 "𜸤" Large Type Piece Upper Right Arc Unicode Character

U+1CE24 "𜸤" Large Type Piece Upper Right Arc is a graphical symbol belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement block, specifically encoding a shape from the repertoire of historic type foundry or printing marks. It represents a bold, curved arc that occupies the upper right quadrant of a character cell, resembling a corner bracket or a segment of a circle. This character is intended for use in technical documents, diagrams, or typesetting contexts where precise geometric typographic elements are needed, preserving the visual vocabulary of early mechanical composition systems. Its purpose is to provide a standardized digital representation for a physical sort used in printing presses, ensuring accurate reproduction of historical layouts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1CE24
Version Added	16.0
Name	Large Type Piece Upper Right Arc
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 0xB8 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD833 0xDE24
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001CE24
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud833\ude24

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