U+E0042 "󠁂" Tag Latin Capital Letter B Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠁂

U+E0042 "󠁂" Tag Latin Capital Letter B is part of the Tags block, a specialized range of characters used primarily for language tagging in plain text, particularly within the context of the now-obsolete Unicode Private Use Area mechanism. This specific code point represents a visible glyph that corresponds to a capital letter B, but it is not intended for ordinary text; instead, it functions as a formatting tag that can be combined with other tag characters to signal the language or script of adjacent text, such as in languages like Common Lisp or in certain historical plain text protocols. However, these tag characters are mostly deprecated in modern implementations, and their use is rare, often appearing only in specific legacy systems or test environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+E0042
Version Added 3.1
Name Tag Latin Capital Letter B
Block Tags
General Category Format
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Boundary Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠁂
HTML Hex Encoding 󠁂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x81 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDC42
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E0042
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udc42

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
Default Ignorable Code Point Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Other Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend
Emoji Component Yes