U+1B09C "𛂜" Hentaigana Letter No-4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂜
U+1B09C "𛂜" Hentaigana Letter No-4 is a historical variant of the Japanese hiragana character "の" (no), used primarily in pre-modern Japanese texts before the standardization of the modern kana syllabary in the early 20th century. This specific form, known as Hentaigana, is a cursive or stylized derivative that was commonly employed in calligraphy and printed documents during the Edo and Meiji periods, often to convey nuance, elegance, or to reflect a particular scribal tradition. As part of the Unicode standard's Hentaigana block, "𛂜" enables digital preservation and accurate representation of historical Japanese manuscripts, facilitating scholarly research and text analysis without reliance on transliteration or image-based reproduction.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B09C |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter No-4 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B09C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc9c |