U+1B031 "π±" Hentaigana Letter Ku-7 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
π±
U+1B031 "π±" Hentaigana Letter Ku-7 is a rare historical variant of the Japanese hiragana syllable "ku" (γ), classified as a Hentaigana, which are the non-standard, stylized forms of kana that were once widely used before the regularization of the Japanese writing system in the early 20th century. This specific variant, known as "ku-7," originates from a cursive abbreviation of the Chinese character δΉ (meaning long time), and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of premodern Japanese texts, where such varied letterforms were commonly employed for aesthetic and calligraphic purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B031 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Ku-7 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛀱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛀱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B031 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc31 |