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variation selector-195

Variation Selector-195

VS195 invisibly requests a particular form of a compatible Han character, used in Chinese, Japanese and some Korean writing. The pair is an ideographic variation sequence; only registered pairs define the requested form.

Text symbol
Also called
VS195
Search it as
ivs · ideographic variant · han glyph · invisible character · variation sequence
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠆲 means

It requests a glyph form after a compatible Han character.

The base character comes first, with VS195 second: together they form an ideographic variation sequence. Unicode uses the pair to preserve a glyph distinction without assigning each shape a separate character. The Ideographic Variation Database registers the exact pair and the glyph group it requests.

Why does VS195 look blank?

This selector has no visible shape of its own.

If the exact pair is unsupported or unregistered, the selector is invisible and the base character normally appears in its usual form. A font must also support the pair to show its requested variant.

Apps that do not support variation sequences may also ignore selectors during text tasks such as searching or sorting.

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 E01B2, 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-195”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e01b2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠆲
CSS
\E01B2
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠆲
HTML hex
󠆲
CSS content
content: "\E01B2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%86%B2
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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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