U+1B0E8 "𛃨" Hentaigana Letter Yo-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛃨
U+1B0E8 "𛃨" Hentaigana Letter Yo-2 is a historical variant form from the Japanese writing system, specifically representing a hentaigana, or alternative cursive shape, for the syllable "yo" as used in classical kana orthography. This character belongs to the Hentaigana block within Unicode, added to preserve and encode these non-standard, aesthetic calligraphically derived variants that were common in pre-modern Japanese texts before the standardization of modern hiragana. Its inclusion allows for accurate digital representation of historical documents, manuscripts, and literary works where such distinctive letterforms were employed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B0E8 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Yo-2 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛃨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛃨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDCE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B0E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udce8 |