U+1B166 "𛅦" Katakana Letter Small Wo Unicode Character

U+1B166 "𛅦" Katakana Letter Small Wo is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, encoding a historical variant of the katakana syllabary used for writing the Japanese language. This small "wo" character represents a diminutive or subscript form of the standard katakana character ヲ (wo), and its inclusion was part of the Unicode 14.0 release in 2021 to support extended Kana usage, particularly in academic or linguistic contexts for transcribing ancient Japanese texts or addressing specific phonetic distinctions. Unlike regular-sized katakana, the small version is typically used in combination with other characters or for specialized orthographic purposes, reflecting a broader effort to preserve and standardize rare script forms in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1B166
Version Added	12.0
Name	Katakana Letter Small Wo
Block	Small Kana Extension
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𛅦
HTML Hex Encoding	𛅦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9B 0x85 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD82C 0xDD66
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001B166
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud82c\udd66

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Conditional Japanese Starter
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Katakana
Script Extensions	Katakana
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Transformed Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Katakana
Sentence Break	OLetter