U+1D845 "𝡅" Signwriting Hand-Flat Four Fingers Bent Unicode Character

U+1D845 "𝡅" Signwriting Hand-Flat Four Fingers Bent is a symbol within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions used in sign languages. Specifically, this character depicts a hand with the palm oriented flat while four fingers are bent at the knuckles, forming a curved or hooked shape, which commonly corresponds to handshapes in signs for concepts like "cup" or "claw" in various sign languages. It is part of the Sutton SignWriting block in Unicode, enabling digital representation and exchange of signed language notation across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D845
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Flat Four Fingers Bent
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 0xA1 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC45
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D845
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc45

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