U+1DA08 "𝨈" Signwriting Face Direction Position Nose Up or Down Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝨈

U+1DA08 "𝨈" Signwriting Face Direction Position Nose Up or Down is a specific glyph within the Sutton SignWriting script, a system designed to visually represent the physical movements, handshapes, and orientations used in sign languages. This particular character details the positioning of the signer's face, specifically indicating whether the nose points upward or downward, which is a crucial distinction for conveying nuanced facial expressions and head tilts that contribute to grammatical and lexical meaning in signed communication. It functions as a combining or standalone element in SignWriting texts, allowing writers to precisely document the direction of the signer's gaze or head orientation to ensure accurate representation of a signed statement.

General Properties

Code Point U+1DA08
Version Added 8.0
Name Signwriting Face Direction Position Nose Up or Down
Block Sutton SignWriting
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝨈
HTML Hex Encoding 𝨈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0xA8 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD836 0xDE08
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001DA08
C/C++/Java Escape \ud836\ude08

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script SignWriting
Script Extensions SignWriting
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend