カ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER KA, code point U+30AB (decimal 12459) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write カ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 82 AB.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30AB |
| Decimal | 12459 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 82 AB |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30AB |
| UTF-32 | 000030AB |
| HTML decimal | カ |
| HTML hex | カ |
| CSS | \30AB |
| JavaScript | \u30AB |
| JSON | \u30AB |
| Python | \u30AB |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER KA} |
| Java, C# | \u30AB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30AB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30AB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%82%AB |
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 | KATAKANA LETTER KA |
| Code point | U+30AB (decimal 12459) |
| Block | Katakana (U+30A0–U+30FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Katakana |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Katakana
- ィ U+30A3 Katakana Letter Small I
- イ U+30A4 Katakana Letter I
- ゥ U+30A5 Katakana Letter Small U
- ウ U+30A6 Katakana Letter U
- ェ U+30A7 Katakana Letter Small E
- エ U+30A8 Katakana Letter E
- ォ U+30A9 Katakana Letter Small O
- オ U+30AA Katakana Letter O
- ガ U+30AC Katakana Letter Ga
- キ U+30AD Katakana Letter Ki
- ギ U+30AE Katakana Letter Gi
- ク U+30AF Katakana Letter Ku
- グ U+30B0 Katakana Letter Gu
- ケ U+30B1 Katakana Letter Ke
- ゲ U+30B2 Katakana Letter Ge
- コ U+30B3 Katakana Letter Ko
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for カ?
- Use カ (decimal) or カ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30AB?
- E3 82 AB (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%82%AB.
- How do I write U+30AB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30AB. Python: \u30AB.
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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