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variation selector-151

Variation Selector-151

Variation Selector-151 has no standalone meaning; it selects a glyph only within a registered sequence. Such sequences preserve glyph distinctions in Chinese-origin writing, including Japanese names. The Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) release dated 2026-08-03 lists no sequence using this selector.

Text symbol
Also called
VS151
Search it as
ivs · glyph variant · invisible character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠆆 means

Only a registered base-selector pair can request a specific glyph form.

Variation sequences preserve glyph distinctions in plain text without encoding every form separately. Han characters are Chinese-origin characters used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing. Adobe-Japan1, the first IVD collection, registered 2007-12-14 for Japanese font variants. Moji_Joho, registered 2014-05-16, records forms needed in Japanese government administration.

Only a registered pair requests a form. An unregistered or unsupported pair leaves the base character unchanged; the selector stays invisible.

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 E0186, 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-151”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e0186, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠆆
CSS
\E0186
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠆆
HTML hex
󠆆
CSS content
content: "\E0186";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%86%86
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

1

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