U+E0184 "󠆄" Variation Selector-149 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆄

U+E0184 "󠆄" Variation Selector-149 is a specialized formatting code within the Unicode standard, designed to modify the appearance of a preceding character by selecting a specific variant glyph from a font. Unlike regular characters that represent letters, digits, or symbols, this invisible control character instructs the rendering system to display a designated alternative form of the base character, such as a different style or subtle graphical variation. It is part of a larger sequence of variation selectors, ranging from VS1 to VS256, that enable precise typographic control, particularly for complex scripts, emoji, or CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) characters where multiple approved shapes are defined. This selector itself has no standalone visual representation; its function is fully realized only when paired with a prior character in digital text processing environments that support this advanced feature.

General Properties

Code Point U+E0184
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-149
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS149 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆄
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD84
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E0184
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd84

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