U+1B00C "𛀌" Hentaigana Letter U-3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛀌
U+1B00C "𛀌" Hentaigana Letter U-3 is a historical variant of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "u", belonging to the set of hentaigana, or alternative cursive forms used before the standardisation of modern hiragana. This specific glyph represents a distinct brushstroke style and shape that was employed in premodern Japanese manuscripts and printed texts, particularly from the Heian through the Edo periods. Its inclusion in Unicode enables accurate digital representation and scholarly study of classical Japanese scripts, preserving the typographic diversity found in historical documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B00C |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter U-3 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛀌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛀌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC0C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B00C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc0c |