U+E01D8 "󠇘" Variation Selector-233 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠇘

U+E01D8 "󠇘" Variation Selector-233 is a specialized invisible control character in the Unicode standard, part of the "Variation Selectors Supplement" block, used to request a specific glyph variant for the preceding base character it follows. Unlike printable characters, it does not represent a visible symbol itself but instead instructs a font or rendering system to display a predetermined alternate form of the previous ideograph or emoji, such as a stylistic or regional variation, when such an option is defined. This particular selector, number 233, is intended for use with Unicode Standardized Variation Sequences, though its actual application depends on font support and the specific sequence registered in the Unicode ideographic variation database. As a metacharacter, it fundamentally serves to enable subtle typographic distinctions without altering the text's underlying semantics or requiring multiple encoded characters for each variant.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01D8
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-233
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS233 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇘
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDD8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01D8
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\uddd8

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