U+E01D5 "󠇕" Variation Selector-230 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠇕

U+E01D5 "󠇕" Variation Selector-230 is a part of the Standardized Variation Sequences mechanism, which allows a preceding base character to be displayed in a specific alternative glyph style. This particular selector, numbered 230, is invisible on its own and serves solely as a formatting code that modifies the appearance of the character it follows, typically within a small set of defined textual or symbolic sequences. Unlike emoji variation selectors that switch between text and emoji presentation, U+E01D5 is used in specialized contexts, such as in certain CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic displays or with characters from the Ideographic Variation Sequences database. Its primary purpose is to ensure consistent visual representation of complex characters across different fonts and platforms, but it has no inherent meaning or audible pronunciation by itself.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01D5
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-230
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS230 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇕
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDD5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01D5
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddd5

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