U+1D838 "𝠸" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Up Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝠸
U+1D838 "𝠸" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Up is a glyph from the SignWriting script, a visual system designed to represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions used in sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand forming a fist with the middle finger and thumb touching in a circular shape while the index finger is extended upward, indicating a precise hand configuration that can convey a specific meaning or phoneme in signed communication. It is part of the rich set of sign language symbols encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation and exchange of sign language notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D838 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Up |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D838 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc38 |
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 |