U+E01CC "󠇌" Variation Selector-221 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠇌

U+E01CC "󠇌" Variation Selector-221 is a highly specialized formatting code within the Unicode standard, designed to modify the appearance of a preceding character. Unlike standard letters or symbols, this character has no independent visual meaning and is invisible on its own; its sole purpose is to signal a specific variation in glyph style or presentation for the base character it follows. It belongs to the "Variation Selectors Supplement" block, which provides a set of invisible control characters used to handle complex text rendering, such as in historical scripts or specialized fonts. In typical use, Variation Selector-221 is unlikely to be encountered in everyday text, but it plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate digital representation of certain languages and symbols where subtle visual differences carry meaning.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01CC
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-221
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS221 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇌
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDCC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01CC
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddcc

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