U+E01E7 "󠇧" Variation Selector-248 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

󠇧

U+E01E7 "󠇧" Variation Selector-248 is a special invisible control character used in text processing to specify a particular visual variant of the preceding base character, typically an emoji or a CJK ideograph. It belongs to a block of Variation Selectors that enable standardized glyph alterations without changing the underlying semantic meaning of the character. This specific selector, Variation Selector-248, can be paired with certain emoji sequences to request a monochrome or simpler default style rather than a colorful, more elaborate version. Because it is non-printing, the character itself is not visible in rendered text but affects how the preceding character is displayed by Unicode compliant software. Its primary purpose is to provide fine grained control over typography and icon appearance across different platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+E01E7
Version Added 4.0
Name Variation Selector-248
Block Variation Selectors Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark
Alias VS248 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 󠇧
HTML Hex Encoding 󠇧
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xDB40 0xDDE7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000E01E7
C/C++/Java Escape \udb40\udde7

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