U+1B0EE "𛃮" Hentaigana Letter Ra-2 Unicode Character

U+1B0EE "𛃮" Hentaigana Letter Ra-2 is a specific variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "ら" (ra), belonging to the set of hentaigana, which are historical or alternative cursive forms of kana that were used before the standardized modern hiragana system was established in the early 20th century. This particular character, distinguished by its "Ra-2" designation, originates from a stylized abbreviation of the Chinese character 羅 (ra), which was the source for many kana shapes. Found in the Hentaigana block of the Unicode Standard, it is now primarily used in scholarly contexts, historical reprints, or decorative typography, and it represents the same phonetic sound as modern ら but with a distinct, often more calligraphic appearance that reflects the brushstroke variations of classical Japanese writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1B0EE
Version Added	10.0
Name	Hentaigana Letter Ra-2
Block	Kana Supplement
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𛃮
HTML Hex Encoding	𛃮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9B 0x83 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD82C 0xDCEE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001B0EE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud82c\udcee

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