U+E019C "󠆜" Variation Selector-173 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆜

U+E019C "󠆜" Variation Selector-173 is a reserved code point within the Unicode standard, specifically part of the Variation Selectors Supplement block, which is designed for controlling the presentation of preceding characters by selecting alternative glyph variants. However, as of the current Unicode version, Variation Selector-173 is unassigned and not yet associated with any specific ideographic variation sequence or standardized glyph change, meaning it has no defined visual appearance or function when used in isolation. Its primary purpose remains as a placeholder for potential future use, allowing for the specification of alternate character shapes in contexts like CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) text rendering, once a formal variation sequence is registered with the Unicode Consortium.

General Properties

Code Point U+E019C
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-173
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS173 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆜
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDD9C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E019C
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udd9c

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