U+1DAA8 "𝪨" Signwriting Rotation Modifier-9 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝪨
U+1DAA8 "𝪨" Signwriting Rotation Modifier-9 is a specific symbol within the SignWriting script, a writing system designed to visually represent sign language gestures. This character functions as a diacritical mark that modifies the orientation of a base sign by indicating a 90 degree rotation, allowing writers to accurately depict the hand, arm, or body orientation used in a given sign. It is part of a larger system of rotation modifiers that incrementally describe various degrees of turning, with "Modifier-9" corresponding to a particular position in the rotation sequence. By applying this narrow adjustment, the character enables precise notation for the complex three dimensional movements inherent in signed communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DAA8 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Signwriting Rotation Modifier-9 |
| 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 0xAA 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD836 0xDEA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DAA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud836\udea8 |