U+1DA17 "𝨗" Signwriting Eye Blink Single Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝨗
U+1DA17 "𝨗" Signwriting Eye Blink Single is a specific symbol within the SignWriting script, a system designed to visually represent the movements, handshapes, and facial expressions used in sign languages. This particular character denotes the visual icon for a single, deliberate blink of the eyes, which in many sign languages can carry significant grammatical or emphatic meaning, such as marking a boundary or indicating surprise. It appears in the Unicode block called Sutton SignWriting, which helps to standardize the digital representation of signed communication across devices and platforms, allowing for greater accessibility and preservation of sign language linguistics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DA17 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Eye Blink Single |
| 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDE17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DA17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\ude17 |