U+1B04D "𛁍" Hentaigana Letter Su-4 Unicode Character

U+1B04D "𛁍" Hentaigana Letter Su-4 is a historic variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "す" (su), which was used in the cursive, stylized Hentaigana writing system before the standardized kana orthography was established. This particular glyph, designated as the fourth variant for the syllable "su," represents one of several non-standard letter shapes that were historically interchangeable in handwritten and printed Japanese texts prior to the Meiji era. Encoded in Unicode's Hentaigana block to preserve and facilitate digital representation of historical Japanese documents, this character allows scholars and linguists to accurately typeset and study premodern manuscripts, calligraphy, and literature where such variant forms were commonly employed.