U+1B008 "π" Hentaigana Letter I-3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1B008 "π" Hentaigana Letter I-3 is a specific variant glyph from the historical Japanese syllabary known as hentaigana, which predates the standardized modern hiragana system and was used widely before the early 20th century. This character represents the syllable "i" and is categorized as one of several alternative, non-standard forms that were simplified or derived from the cursive style of Chinese characters (man'yΕgana). Including this "I-3" designation indicates it is the third recognized variant for the syllable "i" in the Unicode standard, preserved for scholarly work, digital archiving, and the study of classical Japanese texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B008 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter I-3 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛀈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛀈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B008 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc08 |