U+E01C0 "󠇀" Variation Selector-209 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠇀

U+E01C0 "󠇀" Variation Selector-209 is a reserved code point within a special range of invisible format characters designed for the Ideographic Variation Sequence (IVS) standard. Unlike most characters that produce a visible glyph, this variation selector does not display anything on its own and is instead combined with a preceding Chinese, Japanese, or Korean (CJK) ideograph to request a specific, standardized alternate glyph shape for that base character. Variation Selector-209 is one of several such selectors that enable precise typographic control, allowing digital texts to display subtle differences in a character's appearance, such as its stroke style or calligraphic form, without changing the underlying text's meaning. It is primarily used in specialized fonts and documents that require exact representation of variant CJK characters, particularly in historical or traditional contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01C0
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-209
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS209 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇀
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDC0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01C0
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddc0

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