U+FE4B "﹋" Wavy Overline Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE4B "﹋" Wavy Overline is a typographic symbol classified as a presentation form for a vertical wavy overline, primarily used in East Asian text formatting to create a continuous wavy line above characters, often for emphasis or decorative purposes. It belongs to the CJK Compatibility Forms block and is typically employed as a variant of the standard overline, providing a visually distinct wave pattern that can span multiple characters in vertical writing systems. Unlike ordinary punctuation, this character serves as a formatting tool in plain text environments where rich text styling like underline or overline is unavailable, allowing for a simple representation of a wavy line in digital documents and legacy encoding systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE4B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Wavy Overline |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Spacing Wavy Overscore |
| Block | CJK Compatibility Forms |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "‾" U+203E Overline |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﹋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﹋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB9 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE4B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE4B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe4b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "SP" U+0020 Space "̅" U+0305 Combining Overline |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "SP" U+0020 Space "̅" U+0305 Combining Overline |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |