ソ is the Unicode character HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO, code point U+FF7F (decimal 65407) in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ソ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF BD BF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FF7F |
| Decimal | 65407 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BD BF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FF7F |
| UTF-32 | 0000FF7F |
| HTML decimal | ソ |
| HTML hex | ソ |
| CSS | \FF7F |
| JavaScript | \uFF7F |
| JSON | \uFF7F |
| Python | \uFF7F |
| Python by name | \N{HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO} |
| Java, C# | \uFF7F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FF7F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFF7F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BD%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 | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO |
| Code point | U+FF7F (decimal 65407) |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO has a compatibility decomposition (narrow) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
- キ U+FF77 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ki
- ク U+FF78 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ku
- ケ U+FF79 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ke
- コ U+FF7A Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ko
- サ U+FF7B Halfwidth Katakana Letter Sa
- シ U+FF7C Halfwidth Katakana Letter Si
- ス U+FF7D Halfwidth Katakana Letter Su
- セ U+FF7E Halfwidth Katakana Letter Se
- タ U+FF80 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ta
- チ U+FF81 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ti
- ツ U+FF82 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Tu
- テ U+FF83 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Te
- ト U+FF84 Halfwidth Katakana Letter To
- ナ U+FF85 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Na
- ニ U+FF86 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Ni
- ヌ U+FF87 Halfwidth Katakana Letter Nu
All 225 characters: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ソ?
- Use ソ (decimal) or ソ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FF7F?
- EF BD BF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BD%BF.
- How do I write U+FF7F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFF7F. Python: \uFF7F.
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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