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variation selector-16

special combining character (U+FE0F), used to select the emoji presentation form of a base character within an emoji variation sequence
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Summary

variation selector-16 is an Unicode character[1]. It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: variant selector[3]
  • Has use: Unicode emoji variation sequence[4]
  • Commons category: U+FE0F[5]
  • Short name: VS-16[6]
  • Unicode code point: FE0F[7]
  • HTML entity: ️[8], ️[9]
  • Unicode block: Variation Selectors[10]
  • Unicode character name: VARIATION SELECTOR-16[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Ewpa · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unicode character name → VARIATION SELECTOR-16
    Unicode code point → FE0F
    Emojipedia id → variation-selector-16
    Instance of → Unicode character, variant selector
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages:0||442 */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
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