U+1D866 "𝡦" Signwriting Hand-Claw Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝡦

U+1D866 "𝡦" Signwriting Hand-Claw is a symbol from the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions used in signed languages. This specific character depicts a hand configured into a claw-like shape, where the fingers are bent and slightly separated to mimic a gripping or grasping gesture. It is classified under the Sutton SignWriting block and is used by linguists, educators, and sign language writers to transcribe lexical and grammatical features of sign languages with precise notation. The claw hand shape often corresponds to specific hand configurations in languages such as American Sign Language or German Sign Language, serving as a key component in documenting and analyzing the visual grammar of signed communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D866
Version Added 8.0
Name Signwriting Hand-Claw
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 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD836 0xDC66
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D866
C/C++/Java Escape \ud836\udc66

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