U+1D870 "𝡰" Signwriting Hand-Cup Open No Thumb Unicode Character

U+1D870 "𝡰" Signwriting Hand-Cup Open No Thumb is a symbol from the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions of sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration where the fingers are curved together to form a cup shape, but with the thumb held apart and not touching the other fingers, creating an open, non-thumb-included gesture. It is used in the notation of various sign languages to indicate a particular handshape, often for representing actions like scooping or holding an imaginary object, and it belongs to the Unicode block for Sutton SignWriting, which enables digital encoding and exchange of sign language transcriptions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D870
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Cup Open No Thumb
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 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC70
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D870
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc70

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