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variation selector-114

Variation Selector-114

VS114 is an invisible character that can request a glyph variant when paired with the preceding character in a registered sequence. Its supplementary range serves ideographic variants in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text. Unsupported pairs leave the base unchanged; alone, it has no visible effect.

Text symbol
Also called
VS114
Search it as
ivd selector · cjk glyph variant · invisible unicode
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠅡 means

The registered pair with the character before it identifies the form.

A variation sequence pairs an ideograph (a character used in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing) with a selector to request a glyph form in plain text. The Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) lists registered pairs.

The number 114 does not name one shape. The same selector can pair with different ideographs for unrelated glyph choices.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 󠅡 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 󠅡

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType E0161, then Alt+X to get 󠅡.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “variation selector-114”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e0161, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠅡
CSS
\E0161
Input method
Some Chinese, Japanese, or Korean input methods offer registered ideograph variants; choosing one inserts the character and selector together.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠅡
HTML hex
󠅡
CSS content
content: "\E0161";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%85%A1
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Accents & marks659 symbols