U+1D862 "𝡢" Signwriting Hand-Flat Split Centre Unicode Character

U+1D862 "𝡢" Signwriting Hand-Flat Split Centre is a symbol from the Sutton SignWriting script, which is used to visually represent the physical movements and handshapes of sign languages in a written form. Specifically, this character depicts a hand with the palm facing forward and the fingers extended and spread apart, but with a distinctive split or opening at the center of the hand shape. It belongs to a larger set of standardized SignWriting symbols for hand forms and orientations, which allows signers and linguists to transcribe gestures precisely. This particular handshape is often employed in notations for various sign languages to indicate a flat, open hand with separated fingers, contributing to the rich, iconographic detail of the writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D862
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Flat Split Centre
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 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC62
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D862
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc62

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