Unicode Character "あ" (U+3042)

The character あ (Hiragana Letter A) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+3042. It is encoded in the Hiragana block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as あ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Hiragana Letter A
Unicode Codepoint U+3042
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Hiragana
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Hiragana
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+3042 Conversion

HTML (decimal) あ
HTML (hex) あ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E3%81%82
CSS \003042
JavaScript, JSON \u3042
C, C++, Java \u3042
Python \u3042
Rust \u{3042}
Ruby \u3042

How to type "あ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 3 0 4 2. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 3 0 4 2. Release Alt.

Preview

  • あ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • あ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • あ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE3 0x81 0x82
UTF-16 (hex) 0x3042
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00003042

References