ス is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER SU, code point U+30B9 (decimal 12473) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ス, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 82 B9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30B9 |
| Decimal | 12473 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 82 B9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30B9 |
| UTF-32 | 000030B9 |
| HTML decimal | ス |
| HTML hex | ス |
| CSS | \30B9 |
| JavaScript | \u30B9 |
| JSON | \u30B9 |
| Python | \u30B9 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER SU} |
| Java, C# | \u30B9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30B9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30B9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%82%B9 |
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 SU |
| Code point | U+30B9 (decimal 12473) |
| 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
- ケ U+30B1 Katakana Letter Ke
- ゲ U+30B2 Katakana Letter Ge
- コ U+30B3 Katakana Letter Ko
- ゴ U+30B4 Katakana Letter Go
- サ U+30B5 Katakana Letter Sa
- ザ U+30B6 Katakana Letter Za
- シ U+30B7 Katakana Letter Si
- ジ U+30B8 Katakana Letter Zi
- ズ U+30BA Katakana Letter Zu
- セ U+30BB Katakana Letter Se
- ゼ U+30BC Katakana Letter Ze
- ソ U+30BD Katakana Letter So
- ゾ U+30BE Katakana Letter Zo
- タ U+30BF Katakana Letter Ta
- ダ U+30C0 Katakana Letter Da
- チ U+30C1 Katakana Letter Ti
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ス?
- Use ス (decimal) or ス (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30B9?
- E3 82 B9 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%82%B9.
- How do I write U+30B9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30B9. Python: \u30B9.
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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