U+E016B "󠅫" Variation Selector-124 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠅫

U+E016B "󠅫" Variation Selector-124 is a specialized formatting mark used to modify the appearance of a preceding base character, instructing a compliant text rendering system to apply a specific glyph variation defined within a standardized variation sequence. It belongs to a set of over 200 variation selectors in Unicode, specifically within the "Variation Selectors Supplement" block, and its primary purpose is to facilitate the display of subtle typographic or stylistic differences for characters that have multiple approved visual forms, such as certain CJK ideographs or emoji sequence components. Unlike ordinary visible letters or symbols, this character has no standalone visual or phonetic value; it functions solely as an invisible signal to the software or font to select a particular design variant from the available set.

General Properties

Code Point U+E016B
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-124
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS124 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠅫
HTML Hex Encoding 󠅫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD6B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E016B
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd6b

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