U+E0164 "󠅤" Variation Selector-117 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠅤

U+E0164 "󠅤" Variation Selector-117 is a special format control character belonging to the Variation Selectors Supplement block, designed for use in the Unicode Standard to specify a specific variant glyph for a preceding character. Unlike regular characters that represent letters, numbers, or symbols, this invisible selector interacts with a base character to modify its visual appearance, often for ideographic or emoji sequences, but it has no standalone meaning or visible representation of its own. When applied, it instructs the rendering system to choose a particular alternative form of the base character from a predefined set of variations, enabling more precise typographic control. However, in many modern systems, this specific variation selector may not be widely supported or assigned a distinct visual variation, so its effect can be unpredictable or nonexistent. This selector is part of a broader system used to handle complex scripts and Emoji ZWJ sequences, ensuring that text ca

General Properties

Code Point U+E0164
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-117
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS117 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠅤
HTML Hex Encoding 󠅤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD64
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E0164
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd64

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