U+1D880 "𝢀" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Thumb Side Unicode Character

U+1D880 "𝢀" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Thumb Side is part of the Sutton SignWriting script, a system designed to visually represent the movements, shapes, and orientations of hands in sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand hinge configuration where the thumb is positioned toward the viewer's side, typically indicating a specific handshape orientation used in sign language transcription. It falls within the Unicode range for SignWriting Hand Shapes, which allows writers of sign languages to encode detailed manual gestures in digital text. The symbol helps preserve the spatial and articulatory details necessary for accurately recording signed communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D880
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Hinge Thumb Side
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 0xA2 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC80
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D880
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc80

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