U+1B02C "𛀬" Hentaigana Letter Ku-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1B02C "𛀬" Hentaigana Letter Ku-2 is a historic variant form of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "ku" (く), used in the Japanese writing system until standardized orthography was established in the early 20th century. This particular glyph belongs to the Hentaigana collection, a set of cursive, stylized letterforms that were commonly employed in premodern Japanese texts and calligraphy, often to convey elegance or nuance. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically within the Hentaigana block, to preserve the typographic diversity of historical Japanese documents for digital representation and study.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1B02C
Name
Hentaigana Letter Ku-2
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𛀬
HTML Hex Encoding
𛀬
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD82C 0xDC2C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001B02C
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud82c\udc2c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hiragana