U+FE04 "︄" Variation Selector-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FE04 "︄" Variation Selector-5 is a combining control character used in the Unicode standard to request a specific glyph variant for the preceding character, typically within the context of East Asian scripts like CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs. It does not represent a visible symbol on its own but instead functions as a formatting instruction that tells a compliant font or rendering engine to display an alternative stylistic form of the base character, such as a different stroke shape or design variant defined in a standardized variation sequence. This mechanism allows for precise control over typographic nuances without requiring separate character encodings for each variant, thereby supporting historical or stylistic preferences in text rendering.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
︄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
︄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xB8 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFE04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FE04 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufe04 |
Unicode Properties