U+1D9B5 "𝦵" Signwriting Movement-Wallplane Wave Diagonal Path Medium Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝦵

U+1D9B5 "𝦵" Signwriting Movement-Wallplane Wave Diagonal Path Medium is a specific glyph within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the movements and facial expressions of sign languages. This character belongs to the category of movement symbols, specifically indicating a wave like motion that travels along a diagonal path on the wall plane, which is the vertical space in front of the signer. The term "medium" in its name signifies a moderate or standard size or speed for this movement. It is used by sign language linguists and writers to transcribe the nuanced, flowing motions of signs such as those found in American Sign Language and other signed languages, allowing for precise documentation of gestural communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D9B5
Version Added 8.0
Name Signwriting Movement-Wallplane Wave Diagonal Path Medium
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 0xA6 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD836 0xDDB5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D9B5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud836\uddb5

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