U+E01C8 "󠇈" Variation Selector-217 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+E01C8 "uDB80uDDC8" Variation Selector-217 is a formatting code within the Unicode standard, specifically part of a large block of Variation Selectors used to request a particular glyph variant of a preceding base character. Unlike most standard characters, this code point does not represent an independent symbol, letter, or emoji but instead acts as an invisible control character that modifies the appearance of the character it follows. It resides in the Supplementary Private Use Area-A plane, which is reserved for specialized applications, and its exact visual effect is not defined by the Unicode Consortium but rather depends entirely on the specific font or software implementation that supports it. As a result, its practical use is highly limited to custom or proprietary character rendering systems, and it will typically appear as a blank or missing glyph in most standard text environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01C8
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-217
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS217 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇈
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDC8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01C8
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddc8

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