U+1D8DC "𝣜" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Thumb Side Unicode Character

U+1D8DC "𝣜" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Thumb Side is a symbol from the Sutton SignWriting script, which is designed to visually represent the physical movements, handshapes, and orientation used in signed languages. This specific character depicts a hand in a fist with the index finger extended and the thumb positioned along its side, capturing a precise manual configuration often employed in fingerspelling or lexical signs. As part of the SignWriting system, it enables writers to transcribe sign language in a linear, glyph based format, emphasizing both the hand shape and the spatial relationship between the fingers for accurate communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D8DC
Version Added	8.0
Name	Signwriting Hand-Fist Index 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 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD836 0xDCDC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D8DC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud836\udcdc

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