U+E012C "󠄬" Variation Selector-61 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
󠄬
U+E012C "󠄬" Variation Selector-61 is a special formatting code point in the Unicode standard, specifically part of a series of standardized variation selectors used to modify the appearance of a preceding base character. It does not represent a visible glyph on its own but instead instructs a font or rendering engine to display a specific variant or style of the preceding character, such as a different design or a specialized form for mathematical or other technical purposes. This selector, like others in its range, is invisible and typically has no effect unless paired with characters that have defined variation sequences, making it a tool for precise typographic control rather than an independent letter or symbol.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+E012C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Variation Selector-61 |
| Block | Variation Selectors Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | VS61 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 󠄬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 󠄬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF3 0xA0 0x84 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xDB40 0xDD2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000E012C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \udb40\udd2c |