U+1D857 "𝡗" Signwriting Hand-Flat Five Fingers Spread Hinged Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝡗
U+1D857 "𝡗" Signwriting Hand-Flat Five Fingers Spread Hinged is a symbol from the SignWriting script, a writing system designed for visually representing sign languages. This particular character depicts a hand with the palm facing outward and all five fingers spread apart, with the hinge notation indicating that the hand shape is held in a neutral, unrotated position. It is used primarily in linguistic documentation and notation for sign languages, where accurate handshapes are essential for conveying specific signs or gestural meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D857 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Flat Five Fingers Spread 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 0xA1 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D857 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc57 |
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 |