さ is the Unicode character HIRAGANA LETTER SA, code point U+3055 (decimal 12373) in the Hiragana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write さ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 81 95.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+3055 |
| Decimal | 12373 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 81 95 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 3055 |
| UTF-32 | 00003055 |
| HTML decimal | さ |
| HTML hex | さ |
| CSS | \3055 |
| JavaScript | \u3055 |
| JSON | \u3055 |
| Python | \u3055 |
| Python by name | \N{HIRAGANA LETTER SA} |
| Java, C# | \u3055 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3055} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u3055 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%81%95 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HIRAGANA LETTER SA |
| Code point | U+3055 (decimal 12373) |
| Block | Hiragana (U+3040–U+309F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Hiragana |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Hiragana
- き U+304D Hiragana Letter Ki
- ぎ U+304E Hiragana Letter Gi
- く U+304F Hiragana Letter Ku
- ぐ U+3050 Hiragana Letter Gu
- け U+3051 Hiragana Letter Ke
- げ U+3052 Hiragana Letter Ge
- こ U+3053 Hiragana Letter Ko
- ご U+3054 Hiragana Letter Go
- ざ U+3056 Hiragana Letter Za
- し U+3057 Hiragana Letter Si
- じ U+3058 Hiragana Letter Zi
- す U+3059 Hiragana Letter Su
- ず U+305A Hiragana Letter Zu
- せ U+305B Hiragana Letter Se
- ぜ U+305C Hiragana Letter Ze
- そ U+305D Hiragana Letter So
All 93 characters: Hiragana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for さ?
- Use さ (decimal) or さ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+3055?
- E3 81 95 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%81%95.
- How do I write U+3055 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u3055. Python: \u3055.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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