U+1F003 "🀃" Mahjong Tile North Wind Unicode Character

U+1F003 "🀃" Mahjong Tile North Wind is one of the 34 mahjong tile symbols encoded in the Unicode standard, specifically representing the fourth of the four cardinal wind tiles in a traditional mahjong set. This tile, often depicted with a stylized Chinese character for north or a stylized representation of the compass direction, belongs to the "Honours" or "Wind" suit and plays a key role in gameplay, particularly in forming winning hands and claiming bonuses during a round where the player's seat matches the declared prevailing wind. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation of mahjong tiles across platforms, enabling text-based communication and software applications related to the ancient Chinese game.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F003
Version Added	5.1
Name	Mahjong Tile North Wind
Block	Mahjong Tiles
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🀃
HTML Hex Encoding	🀃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x80 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDC03
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F003
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udc03

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other