U+1B0E5 "𛃥" Hentaigana Letter Yu-3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛃥
U+1B0E5 "𛃥" Hentaigana Letter Yu-3 is a specific variant form of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "yu," belonging to the set of hentaigana, which are historical or alternative cursive forms of the kana script that were officially standardized and largely phased out after the Meiji era. This particular character is part of a dedicated Unicode block for hentaigana, added to support the accurate digital representation of historical Japanese texts and manuscripts. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars, linguists, and typographers working with pre-modern Japanese writing systems, preserving the nuanced calligraphic diversity of the language's orthographic history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0E5 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Yu-3 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛃥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛃥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDCE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B0E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udce5 |