U+E01B1 "󠆱" Variation Selector-194 Unicode Character

U+E01B1 "󠆱" Variation Selector-194 is a formatting code point in the Unicode standard, specifically part of the Variation Selectors Supplement block, which is used to indicate a specific visual variant of the preceding base character. Unlike typical characters that represent letters, numbers, or symbols, this invisible control character does not have a standalone appearance but instead instructs a text rendering system to apply a particular glyph variant from a registered collection, often for color emoji sequences or historical script normalization. It is an essential tool for enabling consistent display of complex typographic or orthographic distinctions across different platforms and fonts that support the relevant standardized variation sequences.

General Properties

Code Point	U+E01B1
Version Added	4.0
Name	Variation Selector-194
Block	Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark
Alias	VS194 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	󠆱
HTML Hex Encoding	󠆱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xDB40 0xDDB1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000E01B1
C/C++/Java Escape	\udb40\uddb1

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