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variation selector-55

Variation Selector-55

Variation Selector-55 has no meaning alone: it is one possible selector in an ideographic variation sequence (IVS) for choosing a Han glyph. In plain text, that can preserve a kanji variant; unsupported software ignores it and shows the base form.

Text symbol
Also called
VS55
Search it as
ivs · ivd · kanji variant · han glyph · glyph variant
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠄦 means

It only works after the Han character it modifies.

The base is a Han character (Chinese writing also used as Japanese kanji and Korean hanja). Together, the pair selects a registered glyph, or written shape; VS55’s number alone names no form.

The proposal record reaches 1997; work in 2003 shaped a registry, a list matching each character-selector pair to a form. This extends Han unification: related regional forms share a character code, while publishing, historical research, and names need exact shapes. In Japan, publishing and name records use different collections.

Don't confuse it with

4
󠄀
Variation Selector-17
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄁
Variation Selector-18
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄂
Variation Selector-19
shares “selector”, “variation”
󠄃
Variation Selector-20
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 E0126, 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-55”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType e0126, then Enter or Space.
HTML
󠄦
CSS
\E0126
Japanese IVS input
To type a registered kanji variant, select its full base character + selector pair in a Japanese IVS input tool; the app and font must support that collection.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
󠄦
HTML hex
󠄦
CSS content
content: "\E0126";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F3%A0%84%A6
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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Accents & marks659 symbols

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