U+1D88B "𝢋" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Middle Ring Bent Unicode Character

U+1D88B "𝢋" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Middle Ring Bent is part of the Sutton SignWriting block, a system designed to visually represent the physical movements and handshapes of sign languages in written form. This specific character depicts a hand in a fist configuration where the thumb is folded against the palm, while the index, middle, and ring fingers are extended and bent at the knuckles, leaving the pinky finger curled down. It is used by writers and linguists to transcribe sign language gestures with precision, serving as a standardized glyph in digital text for capturing nuanced hand positions in communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D88B
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Middle Ring Bent
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDC8B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D88B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udc8b

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