U+E017A "󠅺" Variation Selector-139 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠅺

U+E017A "󠅺" Variation Selector-139 is a specialized invisible control character, part of the Variation Selectors Supplement block, used to modify the appearance of the preceding base character by requesting a specific glyph variant from the Standardized Variation Sequences registry. Unlike visible symbols, this selector has no standalone pronunciation or intrinsic meaning; instead, it acts as a formatting instruction for software and fonts to display an alternative design of the previous character, such as an emoji style versus a text style. Due to its technical nature, it is rarely encountered in everyday text and is primarily employed in advanced typography, linguistic documentation, and platforms that support detailed character variation.

General Properties

Code Point U+E017A
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-139
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS139 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠅺
HTML Hex Encoding 󠅺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x85 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD7A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E017A
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd7a

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