U+1B0B3 "𛂳" Hentaigana Letter He-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂳
U+1B0B3 "𛂳" Hentaigana Letter He-1 is a historical Japanese kana glyph, part of the "Hentaigana" block, which represents variant or cursive forms of standard hiragana used primarily before the 1900 orthographic reforms. This specific character is an alternate, decorative way to write the syllable "he" (へ), often employed in classical literature, calligraphy, and old documents to add stylistic flair or to differentiate text. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve these traditional writing forms for digital use, ensuring that researchers and enthusiasts can accurately display and study premodern Japanese manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0B3 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter He-1 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDCB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B0B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udcb3 |