What 󠆬 means
Only as part of a registered pair. Unicode variation sequences request a glyph (printed shape) without encoding every variant as a new character. The IVD registers each pair under a collection, a named set of glyph designs for a user community. Its 2003 Unicode date marks this control's encoding, not the history of the glyph differences it can represent.
The selector number alone names no language or universal shape; its effect depends on the paired ideograph.
Part of the collection
Questions people ask
1Why is VS189 invisible?
Variation selectors have no standalone printed shape. When a sequence is invalid or unsupported, the base character remains as usual and the selector stays invisible; a font must support a registered pair to show its requested variant.
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How to type or find 󠆬
- Search it as
- vs189 · ideographic variation sequence · ivs · invisible unicode character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
󠆬\E01ACCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.