U+1D839 "𝠹" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Hinged Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝠹
U+1D839 "𝠹" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Hinged is a specific symbol within the SignWriting script, a system designed to visually represent the gestures, movements, and handshapes of signed languages. This particular glyph depicts a hand configuration where the hand is formed into a fist with the thumb and middle finger touching to form a circle, while the index finger is extended and bent at the knuckle in a hinged position. It is part of the Sutton SignWriting block in Unicode, used by scholars, writers, and educators to transcribe signs with precise detail, allowing for the notation of nuanced hand shapes in various sign languages around the world.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D839 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Thumb Circled Index Hinged |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D839 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc39 |
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 |