ャ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA, code point U+30E3 (decimal 12515) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ャ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 83 A3.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30E3 |
| Decimal | 12515 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 83 A3 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30E3 |
| UTF-32 | 000030E3 |
| HTML decimal | ャ |
| HTML hex | ャ |
| CSS | \30E3 |
| JavaScript | \u30E3 |
| JSON | \u30E3 |
| Python | \u30E3 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA} |
| Java, C# | \u30E3 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30E3} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30E3 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%83%A3 |
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 SMALL YA |
| Code point | U+30E3 (decimal 12515) |
| 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
- ホ U+30DB Katakana Letter Ho
- ボ U+30DC Katakana Letter Bo
- ポ U+30DD Katakana Letter Po
- マ U+30DE Katakana Letter Ma
- ミ U+30DF Katakana Letter Mi
- ム U+30E0 Katakana Letter Mu
- メ U+30E1 Katakana Letter Me
- モ U+30E2 Katakana Letter Mo
- ヤ U+30E4 Katakana Letter Ya
- ュ U+30E5 Katakana Letter Small Yu
- ユ U+30E6 Katakana Letter Yu
- ョ U+30E7 Katakana Letter Small Yo
- ヨ U+30E8 Katakana Letter Yo
- ラ U+30E9 Katakana Letter Ra
- リ U+30EA Katakana Letter Ri
- ル U+30EB Katakana Letter Ru
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ャ?
- Use ャ (decimal) or ャ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30E3?
- E3 83 A3 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%83%A3.
- How do I write U+30E3 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30E3. Python: \u30E3.
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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