U+1CE40 "𜹀" Large Type Piece Crossbar with Upper Stem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𜹀
U+1CE40 "𜹀" Large Type Piece Crossbar with Upper Stem is a symbol encoded in the Unicode Standard under the "Large Type Piece" block, a specialized set of characters used in typesetting and printing historical fonts. This particular glyph represents a crossbar with an upper stem, likely designed for use in metal type or movable type systems, where precise physical pieces were required to construct text layouts. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates the digital representation and documentation of historical printing practices, allowing researchers and typographers to accurately preserve and analyze the mechanics of early typesetting without relying on physical artifacts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CE40 |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Large Type Piece Crossbar with Upper Stem |
| 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 0xB9 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD833 0xDE40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001CE40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud833\ude40 |
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 |