U+1D873 "𝡳" Signwriting Hand-Cup Thumb Forward Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝡳
U+1D873 "𝡳" Signwriting Hand-Cup Thumb Forward is a specific symbol from the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions of sign languages. This particular character depicts a hand configuration where the fingers are curved together to form a cup like shape, with the thumb held outward and pointing forward, indicating a specific gesture used in signed communication. It belongs to the SignWriting Hand Symbols block of Unicode, which provides a standardized digital representation for these visual linguistic symbols, allowing them to be displayed and processed across different platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D873 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Cup Thumb Forward |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D873 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc73 |
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 |