U+180B "᠋" Mongolian Free Variation Selector One Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᠋
U+180B "᠋" Mongolian Free Variation Selector One is an invisible control character used in the Mongolian script to specify a particular variant form of a preceding letter, primarily to distinguish between positional glyph shapes or stylistic alternatives without altering the underlying text. It belongs to a set of three free variation selectors in the Mongolian block, and its function is crucial for accurate rendering of the script's complex orthography, where the same character may appear differently depending on its context or desired aesthetic. By placing this selector after a base character, a text processor or font can choose the appropriate glyph from a predefined set, ensuring typographic precision in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+180B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Mongolian Free Variation Selector One |
| Block | Mongolian |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | FVS1 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᠋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᠋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA0 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x180B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000180B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u180b |