U+E012A "󠄪" Variation Selector-59 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
U+E012A "󠄪" Variation Selector-59 is a dedicated formatting code point within the Unicode standard, specifically belonging to the Variation Selector Supplement block. As one of a series of invisible control characters, its sole function is to modify the appearance of the preceding base character by signaling a specific preferred glyph variant from a set of predefined alternatives, in this case referenced by the sixty third variation selection sequence. It is not meant to be displayed as an independent glyph in normal text, but rather works in the background to ensure proper typographic rendering, often used for special historical scripts or technical notation where distinct visual forms of the same abstract character need to be preserved.
General Properties
Code Point
U+E012A
Name
Variation Selector-59
Alias
VS59 (abbreviation)
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
󠄪
HTML Hex Encoding
󠄪
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF3 0xA0 0x84 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding
0xDB40 0xDD2A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000E012A
C/C++/Java Escape
\udb40\udd2a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Inherited