U+E0103 "󠄃" Variation Selector-20 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠄃

U+E0103 "󠄃" Variation Selector-20 is a formatting code point used in digital text to indicate a specific glyph variation for the preceding base character, particularly within the context of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs. It belongs to the "Variation Selectors Supplement" block in the Unicode standard and functions as one of a series of invisible control characters that modify the appearance of a character without changing its underlying meaning. When applied to a base CJK character, this variation selector often switches the displayed glyph to a standardized alternative form, such as a different stroke style or regional variant, ensuring consistent rendering across fonts and platforms. Unlike visible symbols, it has no standalone visual representation and is only effective in combination with a preceding character, supporting precise typographic control in complex scripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+E0103
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-20
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS20 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠄃
HTML Hex Encoding 󠄃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x84 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E0103
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd03

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
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Case Ignorable Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
Script Inherited
Script Extensions Inherited
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Default Ignorable Code Point Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend
Variation Selector Yes