U+1B11C "𛄜" Hentaigana Letter Wo-7 Unicode Character

U+1B11C "𛄜" Hentaigana Letter Wo-7 is a specific variant within the historical Japanese writing system known as hentaigana, which were alternative, non-standard kana characters used before the modern standardized set of hiragana was established in 1900. This particular character represents the syllable "wo" (を), and the "-7" in its name designates it as the seventh distinct hentaigana form for that syllable according to the Unicode standard's classification. It was encoded in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 as part of a larger block dedicated to preserving these obsolete glyphs, which are primarily of interest to scholars of Japanese paleography, calligraphy, and early printed texts. The character's elegant, flowing shape reflects the cursive handwriting styles from which hentaigana were derived, often originating from the abbreviated or stylized forms of whole Chinese characters used phonetically.