U+E0179 "󠅹" Variation Selector-138 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+E0179 "󠅹" Variation Selector-138 is a specialized formatting code point within the Unicode standard, designed to modify the appearance of the preceding character it follows, primarily for use with CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs to select a specific glyph variant or style from a font's collection. Unlike visible letters or numbers, this invisible control character does not represent a printed symbol itself but instead instructs rendering software to choose an alternate glyph shape defined by the font, such as a historical form or a simplified variant. It belongs to a range of such selectors that are part of Unicode’s mechanism for handling complex character variations without creating entirely new, distinct characters. Because of its role as a formatting tool, its presence in text is typically not seen by users unless the font and software support the specific variant it invokes, and it is rarely used outside of specialized typographic or academic contexts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
󠅹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
󠅹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xDB40 0xDD79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000E0179 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\udb40\udd79 |
Unicode Properties