U+1D88E "𝢎" Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Down Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝢎
U+1D88E "𝢎" Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Down is part of the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent sign languages through iconic symbols for handshapes, movements, and facial expressions. This specific character depicts a hand forming a fist with the little finger extended and pointing downward, capturing a precise configuration used in various signed languages to convey specific lexical and grammatical meanings. As a component of the SignWriting system, it enables accurate transcription and documentation of sign language discourse, bridging visual gesture and written text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D88E |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Down |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D88E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc8e |
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 |