U+1B09A "𛂚" Hentaigana Letter No-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂚
U+1B09A "𛂚" Hentaigana Letter No-2 is a variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "の" (no), belonging to the historical and calligraphic script known as hentaigana, which was widely used in Japan before the modern standardized hiragana system was established. This particular glyph represents an alternative, stylized way of writing the syllable "no" that appears in classical texts and documents. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of premodern Japanese writing, enabling digital representation and study of historical manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B09A |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter No-2 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B09A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc9a |