Nushu

E544863

constructed script cultural heritage writing system

Nushu is a rare, syllabic script historically used exclusively by women in parts of Hunan, China, to write a unique form of Chinese.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nüshu	0
Nushu script	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constructed script ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ writing system ⓘ
associatedWith	Jiangyong County women’s culture ⓘ female literacy ⓘ gender-segregated education ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalFunction	expression of women’s inner lives ⓘ female solidarity ⓘ recording of women’s experiences in marriage ⓘ
declinePeriod	20th century ⓘ
developedFrom	Chinese characters ⓘ
distinctFrom	standard Chinese characters ⓘ
floruit	19th century ⓘ
graphemeShape	oblique ⓘ often rhombus-like ⓘ slender ⓘ
ISO15924Code	Nshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ local dialects of Chinese ⓘ
medium	cloth ⓘ embroidery ⓘ fans ⓘ paper ⓘ
numberOfBasicSyllables	approximately 600 ⓘ
phoneticBasis	local Jiangyong dialect ⓘ
recognizedAs	intangible cultural heritage at local level ⓘ
revitalizationEffort	academic research ⓘ local teaching programs in Jiangyong ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ
scriptType	syllabary ⓘ
status	endangered ⓘ
timePeriod	late imperial China NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmissionMethod	informal teaching among women ⓘ
UnicodeBlock	Nushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
UnicodeRange	U+1B170–U+1B2FF ⓘ
UnicodeVersionAdded	Unicode 10.0 ⓘ
usedBy	women ⓘ
usedFor	autobiographical writings ⓘ personal letters ⓘ poetry ⓘ songs ⓘ “third-day missives” (sanchaoshu) ⓘ
usedIn	Hunan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangyong County NERFINISHED ⓘ
userRestriction	historically used almost exclusively by women ⓘ
writingDirection	top-to-bottom ⓘ vertical ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Nushu script