U+E01BC "󠆼" Variation Selector-205 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
󠆼
U+E01BC "󠆼" Variation Selector-205 is a special invisible formatting code in the Unicode standard, specifically part of the variation selector supplement block. Unlike typical characters that represent visible letters or symbols, Variation Selector-205 functions as a control character that modifies the appearance of the preceding character by requesting a particular glyph variant, such as a different stylistic or cursive form. It does not have its own visual representation or standalone meaning, instead working in tandem with another character to ensure that a font displays the intended variant shape, often used for specialized typography or historical script rendering.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+E01BC |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Variation Selector-205 |
| Block | Variation Selectors Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | VS205 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 󠆼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 󠆼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF3 0xA0 0x86 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xDB40 0xDDBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000E01BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \udb40\uddbc |