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Use these codes if you need to insert a word or short phrase within a multilingual text. Go to the About the Codes section to see how they are implemented.
These charts show basic characters only. Check the latest Unicode charts to look for any additions to this block.
Codes in this table are in Japanese order which is roughly
A I U E O followed by syllables for K/G, S/Z, T/D, N, P/B/H, M, Y, R, W, V, N
| Character Name | Character | Entity | Hex Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL A | ぁ | ぁ | ぁ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER A | あ | あ | あ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL I | ぃ | ぃ | ぃ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER I | い | い | い |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL U | ぅ | ぅ | ぅ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER U | う | う | う |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL E | ぇ | ぇ | ぇ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER E | え | え | え |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL O | ぉ | ぉ | ぉ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER O | お | お | お |
| HIRAGANA LETTER KA | か | か | か |
| HIRAGANA LETTER GA | が | が | が |
| HIRAGANA LETTER KI | き | き | き |
| HIRAGANA LETTER GI | ぎ | ぎ | ぎ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER KU | く | く | く |
| HIRAGANA LETTER GU | ぐ | ぐ | ぐ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER KE | け | け | け |
| HIRAGANA LETTER GE | げ | げ | げ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER KO | こ | こ | こ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER GO | ご | ご | ご |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SA | さ | さ | さ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ZA | ざ | ざ | ざ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SI | し | し | し |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ZI | じ | じ | じ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SU | す | す | す |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ZU | ず | ず | ず |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SE | せ | せ | せ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ZE | ぜ | ぜ | ぜ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SO | そ | そ | そ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ZO | ぞ | ぞ | ぞ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER TA | た | た | た |
| HIRAGANA LETTER DA | だ | だ | だ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER TI | ち | ち | ち |
| HIRAGANA LETTER DI | ぢ | ぢ | ぢ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL TU | っ | っ | っ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER TU | つ | つ | つ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER DU | づ | づ | づ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER TE | て | て | て |
| HIRAGANA LETTER DE | で | で | で |
| HIRAGANA LETTER TO | と | と | と |
| HIRAGANA LETTER DO | ど | ど | ど |
| HIRAGANA LETTER NA | な | な | な |
| HIRAGANA LETTER NI | に | に | に |
| HIRAGANA LETTER NU | ぬ | ぬ | ぬ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER NE | ね | ね | ね |
| HIRAGANA LETTER NO | の | の | の |
| HIRAGANA LETTER HA | は | は | は |
| HIRAGANA LETTER BA | ば | ば | ば |
| HIRAGANA LETTER PA | ぱ | ぱ | ぱ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER HI | ひ | ひ | ひ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER BI | び | び | び |
| HIRAGANA LETTER PI | ぴ | ぴ | ぴ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER HU | ふ | ふ | ふ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER BU | ぶ | ぶ | ぶ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER PU | ぷ | ぷ | ぷ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER HE | へ | へ | へ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER BE | べ | べ | べ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER PE | ぺ | ぺ | ぺ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER HO | ほ | ほ | ほ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER BO | ぼ | ぼ | ぼ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER PO | ぽ | ぽ | ぽ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER MA | ま | ま | ま |
| HIRAGANA LETTER MI | み | み | み |
| HIRAGANA LETTER MU | む | む | む |
| HIRAGANA LETTER ME | め | め | め |
| HIRAGANA LETTER MO | も | も | も |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YA | ゃ | ゃ | ゃ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER YA | や | や | や |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YU | ゅ | ゅ | ゅ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER YU | ゆ | ゆ | ゆ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YO | ょ | ょ | ょ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER YO | よ | よ | よ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER RA | ら | ら | ら |
| HIRAGANA LETTER RI | り | り | り |
| HIRAGANA LETTER RU | る | る | る |
| HIRAGANA LETTER RE | れ | れ | れ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER RO | ろ | ろ | ろ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL WA | ゎ | ゎ | ゎ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER WA | わ | わ | わ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER WI | ゐ | ゐ | ゐ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER WE | ゑ | ゑ | ゑ |
| HIRAGANA LETTER WO | を | を | を |
| HIRAGANA LETTER N | ん | ん | ん |
| HIRAGANA LETTER VU | ゔ | ゔ | ゔ |
| Character Name | Character | Entity | Hex Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND MARK | ゛ | ゛ | ゛ |
| KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK | ゜ | ゜ | ゜ |
| HIRAGANA VOICED ITERATION MARK | ゞ | ゞ | ゞ |
| KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK | ー | ー | ー |
| HALFWIDTH KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK | ｰ | ｰ | ｰ |
Use these codes if you need to insert a word or short phrase within a multilingual text.
The codes listed below are valid for Unicode HTML pages only, and may not work on very old browsers. To make your page a Unicode page, add the following meta tag to the <head> portion of your document.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
...
<head>
If you forget to include this tag, then some browsers, such as Netscape 4.7, may not display the characters properly.
The final close slash must be included after the finat quote mark in the encoding header tag if you are using XHTML
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
...
<head>
If no encoding is declared, then the browser uses the default setting, which in the U.S. is typically Latin-1. In that case many Unicode characters could be displayed incorrectly. Also, older browsers such as Netscape 4.7 may not be able to process the entity codes correctly without the "utf-8" declaration.
The Unicode numeric entity codes can be expressed as either decimal numbers or hexadecimal numbers. To input right-to-left text in Unicode, type the entity codes in "normal" sequential order and the browser will automatically display characters in right to left order.
For instance, the decimal version of the Japanese さん (-san honorific) would be
さん
The hexadecimal of Hebrew version of the Japanese さん (-san honorific) would be
さん
Note that the hexadecimal numbers include x as part of the code.
Use ALT plus the decimal version of any code to input it into a Windows document.
Note: These work only in Word 2003 or Word 2007. Users with other software or versions of Windows may wish to use the Character Map instead.
If an application supports the Unicode Hex input Keyboard, then use Option plus the hexadecimal number.
Applications which support the Unicode Hex Input include Microsoft Offce 2004/2008, Text Edit, Netscape 7+/Mozilla Composer, Dreamweaver and others.
