U+E014D "󠅍" Variation Selector-94 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠅍

U+E014D "󠅍" Variation Selector-94 is a specialized invisible control character within the Unicode standard, specifically part of the Variation Selectors supplement block, which indicates a particular visual variant for a preceding base character. Unlike typical visible characters, this code point does not represent a letter, digit, or symbol itself, but instead functions as a formatting instruction to select the 94th registered variation sequence defined for that base character in the Unicode ideographic variation database. This allows precise control over the appearance of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs, ensuring that specific glyph styles or historical forms are displayed correctly across different systems and fonts. Its primary use is in specialized text processing, digital typography, and encoding of classical texts where exact character representation is crucial.

General Properties

Code Point U+E014D
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-94
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS94 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠅍
HTML Hex Encoding 󠅍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD4D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E014D
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd4d

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