U+E01A1 "󠆡" Variation Selector-178 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆡

U+E01A1 "󠆡" Variation Selector-178 is a special invisible formatting character within the Unicode Standard, specifically part of the "Variation Selectors Supplement" block used to request a specific glyph variant for a preceding base character. It falls within a reserved range (U+E0100 to U+E01EF) that allows for standardized font and display preferences, such as choosing a particular stylistic form of an ideograph or emoji from a set of defined variations. In practice, this selector is rarely used in common text and is more often encountered in specialized contexts, such as historical document encoding or advanced typography systems, to ensure that a character is rendered with the intended design without altering the character's underlying meaning.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01A1
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-178
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS178 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆡
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDA1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01A1
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udda1

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