U+1D8D4 "𝣔" Signwriting Hand-Angle Middle Ring Little Unicode Character

U+1D8D4 "𝣔" Signwriting Hand-Angle Middle Ring Little is a symbol within the SignWriting script, a system designed to visually represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions of signed languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration where the middle, ring, and little fingers are extended and held together, with the thumb and index finger closed, and it includes an angled orientation indicator to specify the precise direction or tilt of the hand in space. It is used by writers and linguists to record signs in various sign languages, providing a standardized way to capture the physical articulation of a handshape that is distinct and recognizable within a signed lexicon.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D8D4
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Angle 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 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDCD4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D8D4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udcd4

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