U+E018D "󠆍" Variation Selector-158 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆍

U+E018D "󠆍" Variation Selector-158 is a specialized invisible control character within the Unicode standard, belonging to a set of variation selectors used to specify a particular glyph variant for a preceding base character. Unlike regular visible characters, this selector does not display any glyph itself but instead instructs a compliant text rendering engine to choose a specific visual representation for the prior character, often for applications in emoji, ideographs, or script distinctions. It is part of a range of supplementary variation selectors allocated for future standardization, meaning its specific intended variation is defined by registries like the Unicode Consortium or third-party implementations rather than having a fixed use. As a result, without explicit support in a font or system, this character typically appears as an empty box or is ignored, serving primarily as a functional note in technical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+E018D
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-158
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS158 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆍
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD8D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E018D
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd8d

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