ヅ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER DU, code point U+30C5 (decimal 12485) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ヅ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 83 85.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30C5 |
| Decimal | 12485 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 83 85 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30C5 |
| UTF-32 | 000030C5 |
| HTML decimal | ヅ |
| HTML hex | ヅ |
| CSS | \30C5 |
| JavaScript | \u30C5 |
| JSON | \u30C5 |
| Python | \u30C5 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER DU} |
| Java, C# | \u30C5 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30C5} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30C5 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%83%85 |
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 DU |
| Code point | U+30C5 (decimal 12485) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
KATAKANA LETTER DU is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+30C5. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Katakana
- 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
- ヂ U+30C2 Katakana Letter Di
- ッ U+30C3 Katakana Letter Small Tu
- ツ U+30C4 Katakana Letter Tu
- テ U+30C6 Katakana Letter Te
- デ U+30C7 Katakana Letter De
- ト U+30C8 Katakana Letter To
- ド U+30C9 Katakana Letter Do
- ナ U+30CA Katakana Letter Na
- ニ U+30CB Katakana Letter Ni
- ヌ U+30CC Katakana Letter Nu
- ネ U+30CD Katakana Letter Ne
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ヅ?
- Use ヅ (decimal) or ヅ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30C5?
- E3 83 85 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%83%85.
- How do I write U+30C5 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30C5. Python: \u30C5.
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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