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variation selector-229

Variation Selector-229

VS229 is an invisible selector for a supported written form of the preceding ideograph (an East Asian character). Variation sequences preserve Han forms in plain text, even in names. The selector number names no shape; the pair does.

Text symbol
Also called
VS229
Search it as
ivs · han variant · glyph variant · invisible character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠇔 means

Only a supported pair selects a particular glyph variant.

An ideographic variation sequence (IVS) pairs an ideograph with a selector immediately after it. The registered pair identifies permitted glyph forms; one selector can mark different variants on different ideographs.

Why can it seem to do nothing?

Unsupported pairs leave the base form unchanged.

If a font or app lacks support for the pair, the ideograph keeps its default form; the selector has no visible glyph.

An early proposal called them “variant tags” in 1997. By 2001, cases included exact forms in personal names and East Asian glyph sets, plus Korean encoding work for the Tripitaka, a collection of Buddhist scriptures. The Ideographic Variation Database began registering agreed pairs in 2007.

Don't confuse it with

4
󠄌
Variation Selector-29
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄍
Variation Selector-30
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄎
Variation Selector-31
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄏
Variation Selector-32
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 E01D4, 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-229”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e01d4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠇔
CSS
\E01D4
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠇔
HTML hex
󠇔
CSS content
content: "\E01D4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%87%94
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

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