ㇿ is the Unicode character KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RO, code point U+31FF (decimal 12799) in the Katakana Phonetic Extensions block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ㇿ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 87 BF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+31FF |
| Decimal | 12799 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 87 BF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 31FF |
| UTF-32 | 000031FF |
| HTML decimal | ㇿ |
| HTML hex | ㇿ |
| CSS | \31FF |
| JavaScript | \u31FF |
| JSON | \u31FF |
| Python | \u31FF |
| Python by name | \N{KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RO} |
| Java, C# | \u31FF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{31FF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u31FF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%87%BF |
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 RO |
| Code point | U+31FF (decimal 12799) |
| 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
- ㇷ U+31F7 Katakana Letter Small Hu
- ㇸ U+31F8 Katakana Letter Small He
- ㇹ U+31F9 Katakana Letter Small Ho
- ㇺ U+31FA Katakana Letter Small Mu
- ㇻ U+31FB Katakana Letter Small Ra
- ㇼ U+31FC Katakana Letter Small Ri
- ㇽ U+31FD Katakana Letter Small Ru
- ㇾ U+31FE Katakana Letter Small Re
All 16 characters: Katakana Phonetic Extensions.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ㇿ?
- Use ㇿ (decimal) or ㇿ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+31FF?
- E3 87 BF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%87%BF.
- How do I write U+31FF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u31FF. Python: \u31FF.
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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