ゑ is the Unicode character HIRAGANA LETTER WE, code point U+3091 (decimal 12433) in the Hiragana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ゑ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 82 91.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+3091 |
| Decimal | 12433 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 82 91 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 3091 |
| UTF-32 | 00003091 |
| HTML decimal | ゑ |
| HTML hex | ゑ |
| CSS | \3091 |
| JavaScript | \u3091 |
| JSON | \u3091 |
| Python | \u3091 |
| Python by name | \N{HIRAGANA LETTER WE} |
| Java, C# | \u3091 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3091} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u3091 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%82%91 |
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 WE |
| Code point | U+3091 (decimal 12433) |
| 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
- ら U+3089 Hiragana Letter Ra
- り U+308A Hiragana Letter Ri
- る U+308B Hiragana Letter Ru
- れ U+308C Hiragana Letter Re
- ろ U+308D Hiragana Letter Ro
- ゎ U+308E Hiragana Letter Small Wa
- わ U+308F Hiragana Letter Wa
- ゐ U+3090 Hiragana Letter Wi
- を U+3092 Hiragana Letter Wo
- ん U+3093 Hiragana Letter N
- ゔ U+3094 Hiragana Letter Vu
- ゕ U+3095 Hiragana Letter Small Ka
- ゖ U+3096 Hiragana Letter Small Ke
- U+3099 Combining Katakana-Hiragana Voiced Sound Mark
- U+309A Combining Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark
- ゛ U+309B Katakana-Hiragana Voiced Sound Mark
All 93 characters: Hiragana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ゑ?
- Use ゑ (decimal) or ゑ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+3091?
- E3 82 91 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%82%91.
- How do I write U+3091 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u3091. Python: \u3091.
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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