U+1D8C9 "𝣉" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Up Thumb Side Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝣉
U+1D8C9 "𝣉" Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Up Thumb Side is a specific glyph within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent sign languages. This character depicts a hand forming a fist with the middle finger extended upward and the thumb positioned to the side, capturing a precise handshape used in signed communication. It is part of the Sutton SignWriting block in Unicode, which enables digital representation and exchange of sign language movements and gestures across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D8C9 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Middle Up Thumb Side |
| 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 0xA3 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDCC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D8C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udcc9 |
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 |