U+E01A2 "󠆢" Variation Selector-179 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆢

U+E01A2 "󠆢" Variation Selector-179 is a special invisible formatting character used to modify the appearance of a preceding base character, belonging to a range of standardized variation selectors that allow subtle display adjustments in certain fonts or CJK text sequences. It does not represent a visible glyph itself but instead operates as a control code within the Unicode standard, reserved for implementing specific typographic or ideographic variations defined by the Ideographic Variation Database. This character is typically applied after a Han character to request a specific alternative form, such as a different stroke shape or component arrangement, though its practical use depends entirely on whether the system or font recognizes and supports that variation.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01A2
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-179
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS179 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆢
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDA2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01A2
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udda2

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