U+1D86A "𝡪" Signwriting Hand-Hook Curlicue Unicode Character

U+1D86A "𝡪" Signwriting Hand-Hook Curlicue is part of the Sutton SignWriting block, a writing system designed for representing the movements, shapes, and orientations of sign languages in a visual, symbolic form. This particular character depicts a hand configuration with a curved, hook-like finger or thumb ending in a decorative spiral or twist, used to indicate a specific handshape and movement nuance in signed communication. The glyph is constructed from a combination of abstract symbols that map the physical position and motion of the hand, and it belongs to a larger set of over 600 characters that work together to transcribe the detailed, dynamic grammar of sign languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D86A
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Hook Curlicue
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 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC6A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D86A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc6a

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