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𛅼

nushu character-1b17c

Nüshu Syllable Sign

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𛅼 marks a Nüshu (“women’s writing”) syllable; its Jiangyong pronunciation is written in Latin letters as “tchye5,” while context separates sound-alike words. Adapted from Chinese characters, Nüshu recorded women’s songs and letters; by 2017 it was studied as heritage. The 2010 study recounts a legend that palace woman Hu Yuxiu created Nüshu; as of 2010, an 1851–64 coin was the earliest known inscription and a 1931 survey the earliest written reference.

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What 𛅼 means

𛅼 is the nushu character-1b17c. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Nushu block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𛅼 is a single code point, U1B17C. In HTML that is 𛅼, and in CSS \1B17C.

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Who writes 𛅼

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𛅼 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Nushu block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

How to type or find 𛅼

Search it as
nüshu · nushu · women’s script · women’s writing · tchye5 · jiangyong
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1B17C, then AltX to get 𛅼.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “nushu character-1b17c”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1b17c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𛅼
CSS
\1B17C
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛅼
HTML hex
𛅼
CSS content
content: "\1B17C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%85%BC
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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