U+1B0DF "𛃟" Hentaigana Letter Ya-3 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1B0DF "𛃟" Hentaigana Letter Ya-3 is a historic variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "や" (ya), belonging to a set of cursive and stylized kana known as hentaigana that were widely used before the modern standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific glyph, categorized under the Hentaigana block added to Unicode in version 14.0 in 2021, represents one of several alternative shapes for the syllable "ya," serving as a valuable resource for scholars studying premodern Japanese manuscripts, calligraphy, and historical orthography. Its inclusion ensures digital support for the accurate representation of historical texts and cultural heritage materials that employ these now obsolete but culturally significant characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B0DF
Version Added 10.0
Name Hentaigana Letter Ya-3
Block Kana Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛃟
HTML Hex Encoding 𛃟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDCDF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B0DF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udcdf

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