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
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