U+1B0A2 "𛂢" Hentaigana Letter Ha-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂢
U+1B0A2 "𛂢" Hentaigana Letter Ha-5 is a specific glyph from the Hentaigana block, which represents a historical variant of the Japanese hiragana character "は" (ha), used primarily in pre-modern Japanese writing. This particular form, labeled Ha-5, is one of several alternative calligraphic shapes that were derived from cursive renditions of the Chinese character 波, reflecting the stylistic diversity and standardization efforts in Japanese orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of classical Japanese texts, preserving the nuanced distinctions that scholars and calligraphy enthusiasts rely on for historical and linguistic analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0A2 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Ha-5 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDCA2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B0A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udca2 |