U+1DA51 "𝩑" Signwriting Mouth Tense Forward Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝩑
U+1DA51 "𝩑" Signwriting Mouth Tense Forward is a symbol within the SignWriting script, which is a writing system designed to visually represent the movements and facial expressions used in sign languages. This specific character depicts a mouth configuration where the lips are pressed firmly together and pushed forward, indicating a tensed mouth shape that may be used in signed languages to convey emphasis, particular phonetic details, or specific grammatical or emotional nuances. As part of the Sutton SignWriting block, this glyph helps writers capture precise non-manual signals that are essential for accurate and fluent representation of sign language in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DA51 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Mouth Tense Forward |
| 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 0xA9 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDE51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DA51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\ude51 |