U+1D897 "𝢗" Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Raised Knuckle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝢗
U+1D897 "𝢗" Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Raised Knuckle is a specific symbol within the SignWriting script, which is a writing system designed to visually represent sign languages, capturing hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions. This particular character depicts a fist with the little finger's knuckle raised, often used in signed languages to convey a specific hand configuration, such as in the production of certain letters, numbers, or lexical items. It belongs to the SignWriting Supplementary block and is encoded in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital communication of signed languages, ensuring consistency across platforms for linguists, educators, and Deaf communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D897 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Little Raised Knuckle |
| 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDC97 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D897 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udc97 |
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 |