U+1B10C "𛄌" Hentaigana Letter Wa-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛄌
U+1B10C "𛄌" Hentaigana Letter Wa-5 is a specific glyph from the historical Japanese writing system known as hentaigana, which were variant forms of the standard hiragana syllabary used before its modern standardization in 1900. This particular character represents an alternative way to write the syllable "wa" and is classified as one of several obsolete wa forms included in the Unicode standard to support ancient and calligraphic texts. Its inclusion allows for the digital representation and preservation of historical manuscripts, such as those from the Edo period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B10C |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Wa-5 |
| Block | Kana Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛄌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛄌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDD0C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B10C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udd0c |