U+1B054 "𛁔" Hentaigana Letter Se-3 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛁔

U+1B054 "𛁔" Hentaigana Letter Se-3 is a specific historical variant form of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "se," belonging to a collection of calligraphic and cursive hentaigana characters that were widely used in Japan before the standardized hiragana orthography was established in the early 20th century. This particular glyph is categorized under the Hentaigana block of the Unicode standard and represents one of several alternative shapes for writing the sound "se" during the Heian and Edo periods, often found in classical texts, handwritten documents, and artistic works. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of these historical writing systems, ensuring that the nuanced diversity of premodern Japanese scripts remains accessible for linguists, historians, and font designers.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B054
Version Added 10.0
Name Hentaigana Letter Se-3
Block Kana Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛁔
HTML Hex Encoding 𛁔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x81 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDC54
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B054
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udc54

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hiragana
Script Extensions Hiragana
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter