U+1B101 "𛄁" Hentaigana Letter Re-4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛄁
U+1B101 "𛄁" Hentaigana Letter Re-4 is a historical variant of the Japanese hiragana character "れ" (re), used in the hentaigana system before the standardization of modern kana in the early 20th century. This specific glyph represents one of several alternative forms for the syllable "re" that were employed in classical manuscripts and documents, reflecting the diverse calligraphic traditions of premodern Japan. Its inclusion in Unicode, as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, allows for the accurate digital representation of old texts and facilitates scholarly work in fields such as linguistics and paleography, preserving this unique character for contemporary and future use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B101 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Re-4 |
| Block | Kana Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛄁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛄁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDD01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B101 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udd01 |