U+1D317 "𝌗" Tetragram for Waiting Unicode Character

U+1D317 "𝌗" Tetragram for Waiting is a symbol from the Tai Xuan Jing, an ancient Chinese divination text composed by Yang Xiong. This specific tetragram represents the concept of waiting, associated with patience, anticipation, and stillness before action. It is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Tai Xuan Jing Symbols block, where each of the 81 tetragrams corresponds to a unique hexagram like structure used for philosophical and oracular purposes. In practice, the Tetragram for Waiting suggests a period of cautious observation and readiness, emphasizing the virtue of timing over impulsive movement.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D317
Version Added	4.0
Name	Tetragram for Waiting
Block	Tai Xuan Jing Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝌗
HTML Hex Encoding	𝌗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x8C 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDF17
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D317
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udf17

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
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other