U+1D88A "𝢊" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝢊
U+1D88A "𝢊" Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little is part of the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the movements, handshapes, and facial expressions used in sign languages. This specific character depicts a small handshape where the thumb is in contact with the palm and the index finger is extended, with the other fingers folded, and it includes a hinge symbol to indicate a bending or rotating action of the wrist or hand. It is used in detailed transcriptions of sign language to precisely indicate the hand's configuration and motion in space.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D88A |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Hinge Little |
| 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 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC8A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D88A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc8a |
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 |