U+1B115 "𛄕" Hentaigana Letter We-4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛄕
U+1B115 "𛄕" Hentaigana Letter We-4 is a historical Japanese kana glyph representing the obsolete syllable "we" (ゑ), classified as a hentaigana, which are variant forms of standard hiragana used before the modern standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific character, designated as "We-4," belongs to the Kana Extended-A block and is employed primarily in the reproduction of classical texts, calligraphy, and linguistic studies, preserving the nuanced orthographic diversity of premodern Japanese manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B115 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter We-4 |
| Block | Kana Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛄕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛄕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDD15 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B115 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udd15 |