U+E0157 "󠅗" Variation Selector-104 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
󠅗
U+E0157 "󠅗" Variation Selector-104 is a special formatting character that belongs to the set of standardized variation selectors used to specify a preferred glyph variant for a preceding base character. Unlike visible characters, this code point serves as an invisible control character that instructs a text rendering system to display a particular stylistic or typographic variation of the prior character, typically defined through a registered standardization agreement known as an Ideographic Variation Sequence for CJK ideographs. Its primary purpose is to ensure consistent visual representation across different platforms and fonts, particularly for complex East Asian characters that have multiple historical or regional forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+E0157 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Variation Selector-104 |
| Block | Variation Selectors Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | VS104 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 󠅗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 󠅗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xDB40 0xDD57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000E0157 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \udb40\udd57 |