U+1B038 "𛀸" Hentaigana Letter Ko-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛀸
U+1B038 "𛀸" Hentaigana Letter Ko-1 is a historical variant form of the hiragana character "こ" (ko) used in the Japanese writing system, specifically belonging to the hentaigana set which encompasses alternate, non-standard kana that were employed before the standardized orthography was established in the early 20th century. This particular character, classified under the Kana Extended-A block and introduced in Unicode version 14.0 (2021), reflects the diverse cursive and calligraphic traditions that once flourished in Japan, offering modern scholars and digital users a representation of a script variant that had largely fallen out of common use by the Meiji era.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B038 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Ko-1 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛀸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛀸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B038 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc38 |