U+1D8B8 "𝢸" Signwriting Hand-Fist Ring Thumb Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝢸
U+1D8B8 "𝢸" Signwriting Hand-Fist Ring Thumb is a specific glyph within the SignWriting script, an international writing system for sign languages. This character depicts a hand shaped into a fist with the thumb forming a ring, often resembling an "OK" gesture, and it is used to transcribe a precise handshape and orientation in signed communication. As part of the SignWriting block in Unicode, it enables the digital representation of sign language texts, preserving the nuanced physical configurations of hands for reading and writing sign languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D8B8 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Ring Thumb |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDCB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D8B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udcb8 |
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 |