U+1F909 "🤉" Downward Facing Notched Hook Unicode Character

U+1F909 "🤉" Downward Facing Notched Hook is a relatively obscure symbol from the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, primarily intended for use in specialized notation rather than common everyday communication. Its design depicts a hook with a small notch, turned downward, which suggests a function related to grasping, hanging, or connecting elements in technical diagrams or instructional contexts. While not widely adopted in standard keyboards or messaging apps, this character serves a specific role in representing a physical object or action within systems that require precise visual symbols, such as engineering schematics or step-by-step guides.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F909
Version Added	10.0
Name	Downward Facing Notched Hook
Block	Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
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 0xA4 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDD09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F909
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udd09

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	Alphabetic
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