U+1D31A "𝌚" Tetragram for Release Unicode Character

U+1D31A "𝌚" Tetragram for Release is a symbol from the Tai Xuan Jing, a Chinese divination text composed by the scholar Yang Xiong around the beginning of the Common Era. This character represents the concept of "release" or "loosening," signifying a state of unfettered freedom, the dissolution of tension, or the natural unfolding of inherent potential. It forms part of a set of 81 tetragrams that, unlike the binary opposites of the I Ching's hexagrams, are based on a more nuanced system of four lines each. In traditional and modern interpretations, the Tetragram for Release is associated with breaking free from constraints, allowing flow and movement to return, and signifies a period of relief from prior difficulty.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D31A
Version Added	4.0
Name	Tetragram for Release
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 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD834 0xDF1A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D31A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud834\udf1a

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