ㇱ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI, code point U+31F1 (decimal 12785) in the Katakana Phonetic Extensions block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ㇱ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 87 B1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+31F1 |
| Decimal | 12785 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 87 B1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 31F1 |
| UTF-32 | 000031F1 |
| HTML decimal | ㇱ |
| HTML hex | ㇱ |
| CSS | \31F1 |
| JavaScript | \u31F1 |
| JSON | \u31F1 |
| Python | \u31F1 |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI} |
| Java, C# | \u31F1 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{31F1} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u31F1 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%87%B1 |
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 SI |
| Code point | U+31F1 (decimal 12785) |
| Block | Katakana Phonetic Extensions (U+31F0–U+31FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Katakana |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Katakana Phonetic Extensions
- ㇰ U+31F0 Katakana Letter Small Ku
- ㇲ U+31F2 Katakana Letter Small Su
- ㇳ U+31F3 Katakana Letter Small To
- ㇴ U+31F4 Katakana Letter Small Nu
- ㇵ U+31F5 Katakana Letter Small Ha
- ㇶ U+31F6 Katakana Letter Small Hi
- ㇷ U+31F7 Katakana Letter Small Hu
- ㇸ U+31F8 Katakana Letter Small He
- ㇹ U+31F9 Katakana Letter Small Ho
All 16 characters: Katakana Phonetic Extensions.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ㇱ?
- Use ㇱ (decimal) or ㇱ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+31F1?
- E3 87 B1 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%87%B1.
- How do I write U+31F1 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u31F1. Python: \u31F1.
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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