U+1B103 "𛄃" Hentaigana Letter Ro-2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛄃

U+1B103 "𛄃" Hentaigana Letter Ro-2 is a rare and historical variant of the Japanese kana character for "ro," belonging to the set of hentaigana, which are alternate, cursive forms of hiragana used before the standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific glyph, encoded in the Unicode standard to support historical and scholarly texts, represents a distinct calligraphic iteration of the syllable "ro" that was commonly employed in pre-1900 manuscripts, woodblock prints, and literary works. Its inclusion in the Unicode repertoire allows digital preservation and accurate rendering of classical Japanese documents, ensuring that modern users can access, study, and display these culturally significant characters without loss of typographic fidelity.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B103
Version Added 10.0
Name Hentaigana Letter Ro-2
Block Kana Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛄃
HTML Hex Encoding 𛄃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDD03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B103
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udd03

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