U+1B02E "𛀮" Hentaigana Letter Ku-4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛀮
U+1B02E "𛀮" Hentaigana Letter Ku-4 is a historical variant of the Japanese kana character for the syllable "ku," belonging to the set of hentaigana, which are obsolete or alternative forms of standard hiragana used primarily before the 1900 orthographic reforms. This specific letter represents one of several distinct calligraphic forms for "ku" that developed in premodern Japanese writing, often employed in classical literature, poetry, and manuscripts to add stylistic or aesthetic variety. While no longer used in modern written Japanese, its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize historical texts, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to accurately reproduce and study Japan's linguistic and calligraphic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B02E |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Ku-4 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛀮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛀮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B02E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc2e |