U+1D8A8 "𝢨" Signwriting Hand-Angle Index Middle Little Unicode Character

U+1D8A8 "𝢨" Signwriting Hand-Angle Index Middle Little is a symbol from the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the movements and handshapes of sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration where the index, middle, and little fingers are extended and separated, while the thumb and ring finger are folded down, combined with an angled orientation indicator for the palm or wrist. It is used by sign language linguists and educators to transcribe precise manual gestures in a written format, allowing for the documentation and study of sign language grammar and phonetics.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D8A8
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Angle Index Middle 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 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDCA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D8A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udca8

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