U+E01E8 "󠇨" Variation Selector-249 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+E01E8 "󠇨" Variation Selector-249 is a special purpose invisible formatting character within the Unicode standard’s variation selector supplement block, designed to modify the appearance of a preceding base character, such as an emoji, by selecting a specific glyph variant defined for that sequence. This selector, like others in the Variation Selectors range, does not display a visible symbol on its own but instead signals to compliant software to render the prior character in a standardized alternative form, often to preserve stylistic consistency or add semantic nuance across different platforms and fonts. When appended to a base character, it functions as a non printable control code that helps ensure coherent visual representation in text environments where multiple renderings of the same character exist.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
󠇨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
󠇨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF3 0xA0 0x87 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xDB40 0xDDE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000E01E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\udb40\udde8 |
Unicode Properties