U+1D8D5 "𝣕" Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring Little Bent Unicode Character

U+1D8D5 "𝣕" Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring Little Bent is a specific symbol within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the movements, handshapes, and facial expressions of sign languages. This particular character depicts a hand configuration where the thumb, middle, ring, and little fingers are bent or curled into a circle, while the index finger remains extended or in another position, capturing a precise gesture used in signed communication. It belongs to the broader SignWriting block of Unicode, which encodes thousands of such detailed symbols to allow for the accurate transcription of signs, enabling digital documentation and exchange of sign language content across platforms and applications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D8D5
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Circle Middle Ring Little Bent
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 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDCD5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D8D5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udcd5

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