What 󠆷 means
On its own, it has no visible shape.
A variation selector follows the character whose written form it affects. Only a defined sequence can request a different written form; if the sequence is unregistered or unsupported, the character appears as usual and the selector is ignored.
The number 200 does not name a particular written form.
Don't confuse it with
4Worth knowing
- Unicode standards discussions in 1997 called for a way to distinguish forms of Japanese characters in plain text; a proposal for variant selectors followed on 1997-12-01.
- A proposal dated 2003-10-31 argued for separate lists of registered forms because publishers, governments, and researchers need different sets of written forms.
Questions people ask
1Why 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 E01B7, 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-200”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e01b7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠆷CSS
\E01B7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠆷
HTML hex
󠆷
CSS content
content: "\E01B7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%86%B7
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.