U+1B109 "𛄉" Hentaigana Letter Wa-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛄉
U+1B109 "𛄉" Hentaigana Letter Wa-2 is a specific glyph from the hentaigana set, which comprises historical or variant forms of Japanese hiragana characters that were once used interchangeably before the standard modern syllabary was established. This particular character represents an alternative way to write the syllable "wa" and is designated as the second variant ("Wa-2") for that sound, reflecting the calligraphic and orthographic diversity found in premodern Japanese texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard, specifically within the Kana Extended-B block, allows for the accurate digital representation and study of classical manuscripts, historical documents, and stylized writing where such nonstandard kana forms appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B109 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Wa-2 |
| Block | Kana Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛄉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛄉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDD09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B109 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udd09 |