U+1DA5B "𝩛" Signwriting Tongue Tip Between Lips Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝩛
U+1DA5B "𝩛" Signwriting Tongue Tip Between Lips is a specific symbol used within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent the movements, handshapes, and facial expressions of sign languages. This character depicts the tongue tip positioned precisely between the lips, indicating a distinct articulatory action often employed in sign language phonetics to show a subtle oral gesture or sound. It belongs to the Sutton SignWriting block and supports detailed transcription of non-manual signals, particularly those involving the mouth and tongue, making it essential for accurately capturing the nuanced components of signed communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DA5B |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Tongue Tip Between Lips |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDE5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DA5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\ude5b |