U+1D8ED "𝣭" Signwriting Hand-Cup Index Thumb Open Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝣭
U+1D8ED "𝣭" Signwriting Hand-Cup Index Thumb Open is part of the Sutton SignWriting script, a system used to visually represent the movements and shapes of sign languages. This specific character depicts a hand configuration where the fingers and thumb are curved to form a cup-like shape, with the index finger and thumb held open and apart from the others, often used in transcription to indicate a grasping or holding gesture. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard's SignWriting block, ensuring that sign language documentation remains universally accessible and digitally stable across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D8ED |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Hand-Cup Index Thumb Open |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDCED |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D8ED |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udced |
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 |