U+E013C "󠄼" Variation Selector-77 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠄼

U+E013C "󠄼" Variation Selector-77 is one of a series of invisible formatting characters used in the Unicode standard to request a specific glyph variant for the preceding base character, such as an emoji sequence or a CJK ideograph, without altering its underlying semantic meaning. This particular variation selector, assigned to a private use area code point, is designated as "VS77" and typically accompanies a base character to select a preferred visual representation defined in a registered variation sequences list, often for specialized fonts or platforms that support such fine-grained typographic control. When applied, it instructs a compliant rendering system to choose the corresponding variant form over the default glyph, enabling subtle adjustments in style or presentation while maintaining text identity and interoperability across systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+E013C
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-77
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS77 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠄼
HTML Hex Encoding 󠄼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x84 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E013C
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd3c

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