U+1D8DE "𝣞" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Thumb Side Thumb Diagonal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝣞
U+1D8DE "𝣞" Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Thumb Side Thumb Diagonal is a specific glyph within the Sutton SignWriting script, which is designed to visually represent sign language movements and handshapes. This character depicts a hand configuration where the fingers form a fist while the index finger and thumb are extended, with the thumb positioned diagonally relative to the side of the hand. It captures a precise articulation often used in signed languages to convey meanings like pointing, indicating a direction, or emphasizing a specific referent, and it is part of a larger system that encodes spatial and dynamic elements of signing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D8DE |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Fist Index Thumb Side Thumb Diagonal |
| 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 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDCDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D8DE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udcde |
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 |