U+E01B9 "󠆹" Variation Selector-202 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠆹

U+E01B9 "󠆹" Variation Selector-202 is a special invisible formatting code within the Unicode standard, specifically part of a larger set of variation selectors used to modify the appearance of a preceding base character. Unlike typical visible glyphs, this character is not intended to be displayed on its own for reading, but instead works as a control character to request a specific variant of a letter, symbol, or emoji, often for consistency in ideographic or mathematical notation. In practice, Variation Selector-202 would be placed directly after the character it is meant to modify, signaling to a compliant font or rendering system to choose an alternative stylistic form defined for that particular sequence. It functions similarly to other variation selectors and is a fundamental part of how Unicode ensures precise text representation without adding new visible characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01B9
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-202
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS202 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠆹
HTML Hex Encoding 󠆹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDB9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01B9
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddb9

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