ワ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER WA, code point U+30EF (decimal 12527) in the Katakana block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ワ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 83 AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30EF |
| Decimal | 12527 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 83 AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 30EF |
| UTF-32 | 000030EF |
| HTML decimal | ワ |
| HTML hex | ワ |
| CSS | \30EF |
| JavaScript | \u30EF |
| JSON | \u30EF |
| Python | \u30EF |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER WA} |
| Java, C# | \u30EF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{30EF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u30EF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%83%AF |
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 WA |
| Code point | U+30EF (decimal 12527) |
| 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
- 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
- レ U+30EC Katakana Letter Re
- ロ U+30ED Katakana Letter Ro
- ヮ U+30EE Katakana Letter Small Wa
- ヰ U+30F0 Katakana Letter Wi
- ヱ U+30F1 Katakana Letter We
- ヲ U+30F2 Katakana Letter Wo
- ン U+30F3 Katakana Letter N
- ヴ U+30F4 Katakana Letter Vu
- ヵ U+30F5 Katakana Letter Small Ka
- ヶ U+30F6 Katakana Letter Small Ke
- ヷ U+30F7 Katakana Letter Va
All 96 characters: Katakana.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ワ?
- Use ワ (decimal) or ワ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+30EF?
- E3 83 AF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%83%AF.
- How do I write U+30EF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u30EF. Python: \u30EF.
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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