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