U+1D800 "𝠀" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝠀
U+1D800 "𝠀" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index is a symbol from the Sutton SignWriting script, which is designed to visually represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions used in sign languages around the world. This specific character depicts a hand forming a fist with the index finger extended, a common handshape in many signed languages that can indicate pointing or a focal direction. It belongs to the SignWriting block of Unicode, which encodes the core building blocks of the system created by Valerie Sutton in the 1970s to provide a standardized written form for sign languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D800 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Index |
| Block | Sutton SignWriting |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝠀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝠀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0xA0 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D800 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc00 |
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 | SignWriting |
| Script Extensions | SignWriting |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |