U+1B121 "𛄡" Katakana Letter Archaic Ye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛄡
U+1B121 "𛄡" Katakana Letter Archaic Ye is a historical Japanese kana representing the obsolete syllable "ye," distinct from the modern "e" and "we" characters. This character is part of the Katakana Letter Archaic block, added in Unicode version 14.0 (2021) to support pre-modern Japanese text, where it was used in early Heian period documents before the syllable merged with modern "e." Its inclusion aids scholars in accurately encoding classical literature and religious texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B121 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Archaic Ye |
| Block | Kana Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛄡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛄡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x84 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDD21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B121 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udd21 |