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variation selector-187

Variation Selector-187

Variation Selector-187 is an invisible Unicode character intended to follow a Han ideograph (a character used in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing) in a pair that requests a particular written form. It does nothing alone; the Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) release dated 2026-08-03 lists no registered pair using it.

Text symbol
Also called
VS187
Search it as
ivs · selector 187 · ideographic variation · ideographic variation sequence · invisible selector · u+e01aa
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠆪 means

It requests a written form only as part of a defined pair.

That pair starts with a Han ideograph—a character used in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing—and puts the selector immediately after it. The Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) maps each registered pair to an allowed set of written forms. The selector number alone does not name a particular form.

Why is this selector invisible?

The selector has no visible glyph of its own.

When the pair is invalid or unsupported, the base ideograph displays as usual and the selector is invisible; if nothing changes on screen, the requested variant was not applied.

A technical text component, not a mark with a social or conversational tone.

Don't append it to an arbitrary character; only a registered pair can request a variant.

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 E01AA, 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-187”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e01aa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠆪
CSS
\E01AA
Can I type this selector by itself?
The IVD release dated 2026-08-03 lists no registered pair using it. Use the Copy button only if you need the selector itself.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠆪
HTML hex
󠆪
CSS content
content: "\E01AA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%86%AA
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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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