U+1B0DD "π" Hentaigana Letter Ya-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1B0DD "π" Hentaigana Letter Ya-1 is a historical variant of the modern Japanese hiragana character "γ" (ya), belonging to the set of hentaigana, or obsolete and alternative kana forms used before the standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific glyph represents a cursive, stylized derivation from the Chinese character δΉ (yΔ), which was simplified and adapted to fit the phonetic need for the syllable "ya." As part of the Hentaigana block in Unicode, it serves to preserve and digitally encode these once common but now rare calligraphic forms, which appear in premodern Japanese manuscripts, literature, and documents, offering insight into the historical evolution of Japan's writing system and the aesthetic diversity of its script tradition.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𛃝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𛃝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD82C 0xDCDD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001B0DD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud82c\udcdd |
Unicode Properties