U+1D8CE "𝣎" Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring Little Unicode Character

U+1D8CE "𝣎" Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring Little is a symbol from the SignWriting script, which is a writing system designed to visually represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions used in sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration where the thumb and index finger form a circle, with the ring and little fingers extended, while the hand is oriented with the palm visible, as indicated by the "hand circle" term in its name. It serves as a standardized way to encode and digitally record a specific manual gesture found in various sign languages, enabling precise documentation and communication in written form.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D8CE
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring 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 0xA3 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDCCE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D8CE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udcce

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