U+1B10E "𛄎" Hentaigana Letter Wi-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1B10E "𛄎" Hentaigana Letter Wi-2 is a historical variant of the Japanese hiragana syllable "wi," belonging to the set of hentaigana, which are alternative, stylized forms of standard kana that were commonly used before the modern kana orthography was standardized in the early 20th century. This particular glyph represents a specific graphical variation of the sound "wi," which in modern Japanese is no longer distinguished from "i" in standard pronunciation. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard's Hentaigana block, introduced to support historical Japanese texts and facilitate digital preservation of pre-modern calligraphy and manuscript culture. Its inclusion allows scholars, typographers, and enthusiasts to accurately represent and study the rich diversity of Japanese script history.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𛄎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𛄎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD82C 0xDD0E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001B10E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud82c\udd0e |
Unicode Properties