U+1D85B "𝡛" Signwriting Hand-Flat Between Palm Facings Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝡛
U+1D85B "𝡛" Signwriting Hand-Flat Between Palm Facings is a symbol from the SignWriting script, which is designed to visually represent sign languages in written form. Specifically, this character depicts a hand in a flat, open position, oriented with the palms facing each other, often used to convey concepts like showing, holding, or expressing a flat surface between two hands. It belongs to the Sutton SignWriting block and is part of a detailed system that encodes hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions, enabling precise transcription of signed communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D85B |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Flat Between Palm Facings |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D85B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc5b |
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 |