U+1B0C7 "𛃇" Hentaigana Letter Ma-6 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1B0C7 "𛃇" Hentaigana Letter Ma-6 is a specific variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "ま" (ma), belonging to the historical and stylistic writing system known as hentaigana, which encompasses obsolete or alternative kana glyphs used before the standardisation of modern hiragana in the early 20th century. This particular character, designated as Ma-6, represents one of several historical ways to write the syllable "ma", and it is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the "Kana Extended-A" block to support the accurate digital representation of premodern Japanese texts, such as those from the Edo period. The character's design typically features distinctive brushstroke variations and compositional qualities that differ from the standard hiragana "ま", reflecting the calligraphic diversity and regional or scribal preferences that characterized Japanese writing before the Meiji era reforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B0C7
Version Added 10.0
Name Hentaigana Letter Ma-6
Block Kana Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛃇
HTML Hex Encoding 𛃇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDCC7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B0C7
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udcc7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hiragana
Script Extensions Hiragana
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter