U+E014C "󠅌" Variation Selector-93 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
󠅌
U+E014C "󠅌" Variation Selector-93 is a specialized formatting mark belonging to the Variation Selectors Supplement block, used to request a particular glyphic variant of the preceding base character in digital text. It does not represent a standalone letter or symbol but instead acts as a hidden control code that tells a compliant font or rendering engine to display the previous character in a predefined alternate form, often for subtle typographic distinctions or to support historical script shapes. Because it is a formatting character and not a visible glyph, its primary function is to fine tune the appearance of other characters in specific contexts, such as in East Asian text or complex scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+E014C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Variation Selector-93 |
| Block | Variation Selectors Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | VS93 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 󠅌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 󠅌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xDB40 0xDD4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000E014C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \udb40\udd4c |