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variation selector-49

Variation Selector-49

Variation Selector-49 is an invisible mark that can request a particular written form for the character before it, but only in a defined sequence. These ideographic variation sequences preserve written distinctions in specialist text; by itself, the selector has no conversational meaning.

Text symbol

Also called: VS49 · variation selector 49
Search it as: invisible text character · ideographic variation sequence · IVS · U+E0120 · UTF-8 · UTF-16 · surrogate pair
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠄠 means

It requests a particular written form for the character before it.

The documented trail includes a variation-selector proposal dated 2000-08-15 and an ideograph-specific registry design documented in 2004. This approach lets plain text preserve a chosen form of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters in names, place names, and historical records when font choice or rich text cannot carry that distinction.

Its effect depends on the exact base-plus-selector sequence and its registered collection. The Ideographic Variation Database (IVD), a registry for these sequences, lists no registered sequence containing U+E0120 in its release dated 2026-08-03. Alone, VS49 has no conversational meaning.

Technical and invisible; it belongs in text workflows that preserve ideographic forms, not as a standalone chat mark.

A random selector will not change the base; unsupported pairs still look ordinary.

Don't confuse it with

️

This is VS16 (U+FE0F), used for emoji presentation; VS49 belongs to ideographic variation sequences, not general emoji presentation.

Questions people ask

Why is variation selector-49 invisible?

It is meant to be invisible. When a system has no matching registered sequence for the preceding character, it shows the base normally and VS49 adds no visible form.

Is variation selector-49 an emoji?

No. It selects ideographic character forms. VS16 (U+FE0F) is a different character used for emoji presentation.

How to type 󠄠

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType E0120, 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-49”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType e0120, then Enter or Space.

HTML

󠄠

CSS

\E0120

Unicode-aware input

Insert U+E0120 immediately after its intended base character; keep the pair together.

UTF-8

VS49 uses four UTF-8 bytes.

UTF-16

UTF-16 stores VS49 as two 16-bit units called a surrogate pair.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

󠄠

HTML hex

󠄠

CSS content

content: "\E0120";

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

URL encoded

%F3%A0%84%A0

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.

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