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variation selector-148

Variation Selector-148

VS148 is an invisible selector with no standalone reading. In a registered ideographic sequence, it follows a Han character to request a narrower set of its drawn forms. The IVD version dated 2026-08-03 lists no registered sequence using VS148.

Text symbol
Search it as
vs148 · u+e0183 · ivs · ivd
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠆃 means

It works only as the second character in a registered pair.

The base is a Han ideograph, a Chinese-derived character used in Chinese, Japanese, and some Korean writing. The pair lets compatible software choose one registered subset of its drawn forms, or glyphs; the selector number alone has no fixed shape meaning. The same selector may have a different effect after a different base.

Will VS148 show up on screen?

Usually not; an unsupported sequence leaves no visible mark.

If the exact base-and-selector pair is unassigned or unsupported, Unicode says software should display the base character as usual and ignore the selector. A hidden-character view may mark its presence.

Don't confuse it with

4
󠄀
Variation Selector-17
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄁
Variation Selector-18
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄂
Variation Selector-19
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄃
Variation Selector-20
shares “selector”, “variation”

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 E0183, 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-148”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e0183, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠆃
CSS
\E0183
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠆃
HTML hex
󠆃
CSS content
content: "\E0183";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%86%83
1
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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