ラ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER RA, code point U+30E9 (decimal 12521) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ラ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 83 A9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30E9 |
| Decimal | 12521 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 83 A9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30E9 |
| UTF-32 | 000030E9 |
| HTML decimal | ラ |
| HTML hex | ラ |
| CSS | \30E9 |
| JavaScript | \u30E9 |
| JSON | \u30E9 |
| Python | \u30E9 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER RA} |
| Java, C# | \u30E9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30E9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30E9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%83%A9 |
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 RA |
| Code point | U+30E9 (decimal 12521) |
| 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
- メ U+30E1 Katakana Letter Me
- モ U+30E2 Katakana Letter Mo
- ャ U+30E3 Katakana Letter Small Ya
- 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
- リ U+30EA Katakana Letter Ri
- ル U+30EB Katakana Letter Ru
- レ U+30EC Katakana Letter Re
- ロ U+30ED Katakana Letter Ro
- ヮ U+30EE Katakana Letter Small Wa
- ワ U+30EF Katakana Letter Wa
- ヰ U+30F0 Katakana Letter Wi
- ヱ U+30F1 Katakana Letter We
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ラ?
- Use ラ (decimal) or ラ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30E9?
- E3 83 A9 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%83%A9.
- How do I write U+30E9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30E9. Python: \u30E9.
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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