U+E01C8 "󠇈" Variation Selector-217 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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