Unicode Character "ー" (U+30FC)

The character ー (Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+30FC. It is encoded in the Katakana block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ー.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark
Unicode Codepoint U+30FC
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Katakana
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+30FC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ー
HTML (hex) ー
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E3%83%BC
CSS \0030FC
JavaScript, JSON \u30FC
C, C++, Java \u30FC
Python \u30FC
Rust \u{30FC}
Ruby \u30FC

How to type "ー"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 3 0 F C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 3 0 F C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE3 0x83 0xBC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x30FC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000030FC

Characters based on "ー" (U+30FC)

References