ブ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER BU, code point U+30D6 (decimal 12502) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ブ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 83 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30D6 |
| Decimal | 12502 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 83 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30D6 |
| UTF-32 | 000030D6 |
| HTML decimal | ブ |
| HTML hex | ブ |
| CSS | \30D6 |
| JavaScript | \u30D6 |
| JSON | \u30D6 |
| Python | \u30D6 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER BU} |
| Java, C# | \u30D6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30D6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30D6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%83%96 |
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 BU |
| Code point | U+30D6 (decimal 12502) |
| 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 BU is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+30D6. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Katakana
- ノ U+30CE Katakana Letter No
- ハ U+30CF Katakana Letter Ha
- バ U+30D0 Katakana Letter Ba
- パ U+30D1 Katakana Letter Pa
- ヒ U+30D2 Katakana Letter Hi
- ビ U+30D3 Katakana Letter Bi
- ピ U+30D4 Katakana Letter Pi
- フ U+30D5 Katakana Letter Hu
- プ U+30D7 Katakana Letter Pu
- ヘ U+30D8 Katakana Letter He
- ベ U+30D9 Katakana Letter Be
- ペ U+30DA Katakana Letter Pe
- ホ U+30DB Katakana Letter Ho
- ボ U+30DC Katakana Letter Bo
- ポ U+30DD Katakana Letter Po
- マ U+30DE Katakana Letter Ma
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ブ?
- Use ブ (decimal) or ブ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30D6?
- E3 83 96 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%83%96.
- How do I write U+30D6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30D6. Python: \u30D6.
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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