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variation selector-83

Variation Selector 83

VS83 works only as the second character in a registered pair with a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character; alone, it is invisible. An ideographic variation sequence (IVS) requests a particular written form, useful in names and historical records. The Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) snapshot dated 2026-08-03 lists no registered pair using E0142, so VS83 has no fixed style.

Text symbol

Also called: VS83
Search it as: IVS · IVD · ideographic variation sequence · CJK glyph variant · variant selector
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 󠅂 means

Place it immediately after the character whose form the sequence specifies.

An ideographic variation sequence (IVS) is a pair of text characters: the base character followed by its selector. If a font supports that registered pair, it can display the requested glyph form. The distinction can matter in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean names and in historical records.

Plane 14 variant tags were proposed in 1997. Plane 14 is a special-use area beyond Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane, its main character range; this selector range entered Unicode in 2003.

Why does VS83 disappear?

It has no standalone glyph, so it can vanish without changing the base.

Unicode treats VS83 as default-ignorable: text can contain it while ordinary display hides it. If an app or font does not support the exact base-plus-selector pair, the base remains visible and VS83 stays hidden. An unregistered sequence is not a reliable way to force a different shape.

Technical and invisible; it requests a glyph distinction from software, not a tone or mood.

Sent alone, it has no portable visible meaning.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

After a registered character in a message

Requests the specific glyph form defined by that pair.

Sent alone in a message

No standalone reading; it is normally invisible.

After an unregistered character in a message

The base remains visible; the selector is ignored and hidden.

Don't confuse it with

️

VS16 marks text or emoji presentation for the preceding character; VS83 belongs to the supplementary selectors for registered ideographic variants.

Questions people ask

Can VS83 make text bold or italic?

No. It can request a glyph form for one preceding character; it does not style a word or sentence.

How to type 󠅂

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType E0142, 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-83”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType e0142, then Enter or Space.

HTML

󠅂

CSS

\E0142

Unicode input

Enter U+E0142 with a Unicode input method that supports supplementary-plane code points.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

󠅂

HTML hex

󠅂

CSS content

content: "\E0142";

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

URL encoded

%F3%A0%85%82

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

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