U+E0156 "󠅖" Variation Selector-103 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠅖

U+E0156 "󠅖" Variation Selector-103 is a special invisible formatting character used to modify the appearance of a preceding base character by selecting a specific visual variant or glyph style from a font, particularly for complex scripts like emoji sequences or CJK ideographs. Unlike visible letters or symbols, this code point does not display a graphic of its own but rather acts as a controlling instruction within plain text, allowing applications to switch between different presentations of the same base character when the font supports such variations. It belongs to a series of Variation Selectors in Unicode, with this specific number 103 designated for private use or specialized implementations, meaning its effect depends entirely on the font and software environment that interprets it.

General Properties

Code Point U+E0156
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-103
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS103 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠅖
HTML Hex Encoding 󠅖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E0156
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd56

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