U+FE0D "︍" Variation Selector-14 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
︍
U+FE0D "︍" Variation Selector-14 is an invisible formatting code, specifically the fourteenth in a series of sixteen variation selectors used to modify the appearance of an immediately preceding character. When applied, it requests that the prior character be displayed in a specific, standardized text variation defined by the Unicode Standard, often narrowing the choice among multiple possible glyphic forms. This selector is critical for ensuring consistent text rendering across different systems and fonts, particularly in scripts like Emoji sequences or Han ideographs where a single character may have multiple legitimate presentations, thereby preserving the precise appearance intended by the author.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE0D |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Variation Selector-14 |
| Block | Variation Selectors |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Alias | VS14 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ︍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ︍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB8 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE0D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe0d |