U+1B006 "𛀆" Hentaigana Letter I-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1B006 "𛀆" Hentaigana Letter I-1 is a historical Japanese character from the hentaigana set, which are alternate, cursive forms of the hiragana syllabary that were commonly used before the standardization of the modern kana system in the early 20th century. This particular character represents the sound "i" and is classified as a variant of the standard hiragana い (I). It was encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Hentaigana block, which was introduced to preserve and digitally represent these calligraphic and historical scripts for scholarly, literary, and typographic purposes. The glyph's distinctive shape reflects the stylized, fluid handwriting traditions of classical Japanese writing, and its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that older manuscripts and texts can be accurately digitized and studied.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𛀆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𛀆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD82C 0xDC06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001B006 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud82c\udc06 |
Unicode Properties