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variation selector-233

Variation Selector-233

Variation Selector-233 is an invisible character that follows a base character to request a registered glyph variant (a particular printed form). Alone, it has no effect; the pair carries the request.

Text symbol

What 󠇘 means

It requests a glyph form only when paired with its base. The pair is an ideographic variation sequence (IVS): a base ideograph (a Han character used in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing) followed by a selector. UE01D8 has no universal style meaning.

IVS lets plain text carry the choice when font settings cannot; in some Japanese names and public records, small differences in kanji (Japanese characters) matter.

Part of the collection

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Variation Selectors

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

No base to vary, so no visible effect.

Questions people ask

Why does 󠇘 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Variation Selectors Supplement block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

How to type or find 󠇘

Also called: VS233
Search it as: ivs · kanji variant · glyph variant · invisible character
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType E01D8, then AltX 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-233”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType e01d8, then Enter or Space.

HTML

󠇘

CSS

\E01D8

Compatible input method

If a registered sequence uses this selector, choose that entry in a compatible input method; don't insert the selector alone.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

󠇘

HTML hex

󠇘

CSS content

content: "\E01D8";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F3%A0%87%98

On screen

Code points

JS .length

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

Accents & marks659 symbols

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