U+1B0EF "𛃯" Hentaigana Letter Ra-3 Unicode Character

U+1B0EF "𛃯" Hentaigana Letter Ra-3 is a historic Japanese cursive variant of the hiragana character "ら" (ra) used in the Hentaigana block. This specific variant represents one of several nonstandard phonetic forms employed in premodern Japanese writing, particularly in documents like the Man'yōshū and Edo period literature, before modern standardisation. Encoded in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, it allows digital preservation and typographic reproduction of ancient manuscripts, ensuring scholars and enthusiasts can accurately render and study historical Japanese texts without distortion.