U+1B088 "๐" Hentaigana Letter Ni-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1B088 "๐" Hentaigana Letter Ni-2 is a variant form of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "ni," belonging to the historical script known as Hentaigana, which encompasses a set of alternative, non-standard kana glyphs that were widely used in Japan prior to the Meiji-era standardization of the writing system. This specific glyph represents one of the many calligraphic and cursive iterations of "ni" derived from the Chinese character ไป (Chinese pronunciation "ren," meaning benevolence) and was employed in classical literature and correspondence to add stylistic variation or to convey a sense of elegance and tradition. Encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, "๐" helps preserve the rich typographic heritage of pre-modern Japanese writing for digital and scholarly use.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𛂈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𛂈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD82C 0xDC88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001B088 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud82c\udc88 |
Unicode Properties