U+1B0BB "𛂻" Hentaigana Letter Ho-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂻
U+1B0BB "𛂻" Hentaigana Letter Ho-2 is a specific variant of the hentaigana, or historical cursive kana, used in the Japanese writing system. This character represents a non-standard way of writing the syllable "ho" and originates from the pre-modern era before the Meiji period standardization of hiragana. Alongside other hentaigana characters, it is preserved in Unicode to support academic study of historical Japanese texts, calligraphy, and certain specialized digital typography needs, reflecting the rich diversity of pre-modern Japanese script forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0BB |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Ho-2 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDCBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B0BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udcbb |