Unicode Entity Codes for the Japanese Katakana Script

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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.

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1. Katakana Codes
2. Katakana Punctuation & Symbols
3. Katakana Phonetic Extentions for Ainu
4. Katakana Circled Forms
5. Katakana Halfwidth Forms
6. About the Codes

These charts show basic characters only. Check the latest Unicode charts to look for any additions to this block.

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Katakana Codes

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
KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND MARK	゛	゛	&#x309B
KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK	゜	゜	&#x309C
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A	ァ	ァ	&#x30A1
KATAKANA LETTER A	ア	ア	&#x30A2
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL I	ィ	ィ	&#x30A3
KATAKANA LETTER I	イ	イ	&#x30A4
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL U	ゥ	ゥ	&#x30A5
KATAKANA LETTER U	ウ	ウ	&#x30A6
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL E	ェ	ェ	&#x30A7
KATAKANA LETTER E	エ	エ	&#x30A8
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL O	ォ	ォ	&#x30A9
KATAKANA LETTER O	オ	オ	&#x30AA
KATAKANA LETTER KA	カ	カ	&#x30AB
KATAKANA LETTER GA	ガ	ガ	&#x30AC
KATAKANA LETTER KI	キ	キ	&#x30AD
KATAKANA LETTER GI	ギ	ギ	&#x30AE
KATAKANA LETTER KU	ク	ク	&#x30AF
KATAKANA LETTER GU	グ	グ	&#x30B0
KATAKANA LETTER KE	ケ	ケ	&#x30B1
KATAKANA LETTER GE	ゲ	ゲ	&#x30B2
KATAKANA LETTER KO	コ	コ	&#x30B3
KATAKANA LETTER GO	ゴ	ゴ	&#x30B4
KATAKANA LETTER SA	サ	サ	&#x30B5
KATAKANA LETTER ZA	ザ	ザ	&#x30B6
KATAKANA LETTER SI	シ	シ	&#x30B7
KATAKANA LETTER ZI	ジ	ジ	&#x30B8
KATAKANA LETTER SU	ス	ス	&#x30B9
KATAKANA LETTER ZU	ズ	ズ	&#x30BA
KATAKANA LETTER SE	セ	セ	&#x30BB
KATAKANA LETTER ZE	ゼ	ゼ	&#x30BC
KATAKANA LETTER SO	ソ	ソ	&#x30BD
KATAKANA LETTER ZO	ゾ	ゾ	&#x30BE
KATAKANA LETTER TA	タ	タ	&#x30BF
KATAKANA LETTER DA	ダ	ダ	&#x30C0
KATAKANA LETTER TI	チ	チ	&#x30C1
KATAKANA LETTER DI	ヂ	ヂ	&#x30C2
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL TU	ッ	ッ	&#x30C3
KATAKANA LETTER TU	ツ	ツ	&#x30C4
KATAKANA LETTER DU	ヅ	ヅ	&#x30C5
KATAKANA LETTER TE	テ	テ	&#x30C6
KATAKANA LETTER DE	デ	デ	&#x30C7
KATAKANA LETTER TO	ト	ト	&#x30C8
KATAKANA LETTER DO	ド	ド	&#x30C9
KATAKANA LETTER NA	ナ	ナ	&#x30CA
KATAKANA LETTER NI	ニ	ニ	&#x30CB
KATAKANA LETTER NU	ヌ	ヌ	&#x30CC
KATAKANA LETTER NE	ネ	ネ	&#x30CD
KATAKANA LETTER NO	ノ	ノ	&#x30CE
KATAKANA LETTER HA	ハ	ハ	&#x30CF
KATAKANA LETTER BA	バ	バ	&#x30D0
KATAKANA LETTER PA	パ	パ	&#x30D1
KATAKANA LETTER HI	ヒ	ヒ	&#x30D2
KATAKANA LETTER BI	ビ	ビ	&#x30D3
KATAKANA LETTER PI	ピ	ピ	&#x30D4
KATAKANA LETTER HU	フ	フ	&#x30D5
KATAKANA LETTER BU	ブ	ブ	&#x30D6
KATAKANA LETTER PU	プ	プ	&#x30D7
KATAKANA LETTER HE	ヘ	ヘ	&#x30D8
KATAKANA LETTER BE	ベ	ベ	&#x30D9
KATAKANA LETTER PE	ペ	ペ	&#x30DA
KATAKANA LETTER HO	ホ	ホ	&#x30DB
KATAKANA LETTER BO	ボ	ボ	&#x30DC
KATAKANA LETTER PO	ポ	ポ	&#x30DD
KATAKANA LETTER MA	マ	マ	&#x30DE
KATAKANA LETTER MI	ミ	ミ	&#x30DF
KATAKANA LETTER MU	ム	ム	&#x30E0
KATAKANA LETTER ME	メ	メ	&#x30E1
KATAKANA LETTER MO	モ	モ	&#x30E2
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA	ャ	ャ	&#x30E3
KATAKANA LETTER YA	ヤ	ヤ	&#x30E4
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU	ュ	ュ	&#x30E5
KATAKANA LETTER YU	ユ	ユ	&#x30E6
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO	ョ	ョ	&#x30E7
KATAKANA LETTER YO	ヨ	ヨ	&#x30E8
KATAKANA LETTER RA	ラ	ラ	&#x30E9
KATAKANA LETTER RI	リ	リ	&#x30EA
KATAKANA LETTER RU	ル	ル	&#x30EB
KATAKANA LETTER RE	レ	レ	&#x30EC
KATAKANA LETTER RO	ロ	ロ	&#x30ED
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL WA	ヮ	ヮ	&#x30EE
KATAKANA LETTER WA	ワ	ワ	&#x30EF
KATAKANA LETTER WI	ヰ	ヰ	&#x30F0
KATAKANA LETTER WE	ヱ	ヱ	&#x30F1
KATAKANA LETTER WO	ヲ	ヲ	&#x30F2
KATAKANA LETTER N	ン	ン	&#x30F3
KATAKANA LETTER VU	ヴ	ヴ	&#x30F4
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KA	ヵ	ヵ	&#x30F5
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE	ヶ	ヶ	&#x30F6
KATAKANA LETTER VA	ヷ	ヷ	&#x30F7
KATAKANA LETTER VI	ヸ	ヸ	&#x30F8
KATAKANA LETTER VE	ヹ	ヹ	&#x30F9
KATAKANA LETTER VO	ヺ	ヺ	&#x30FA
KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT	・	・	&#x30FB

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Katakana Punctuation and Symbols

Character Name	Character	Entity	Hex Entity
KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND MARK	゛	゛	&#x309B
KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK	゜	゜	&#x309C
KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK	ー	ー	&#x30FC
KATAKANA ITERATION MARK	ヽ	ヽ	&#x30FD
KATAKANA VOICED ITERATION MARK	ヾ	ヾ	&#x30FE

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Katakana Phonetic Extensions for Ainu

These characters are used to write Ainu, including words with final consonants, which are not found in Japanese.

 

Character Name	Character	Entity	Hex Entity
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KU	ㇰ	ㇰ	&#x31F0
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI	ㇱ	ㇱ	&#x31F1
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SU	ㇲ	ㇲ	&#x31F2
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL TO	ㇳ	ㇳ	&#x31F3
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL NU	ㇴ	ㇴ	&#x31F4
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HA	ㇵ	ㇵ	&#x31F5
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HI	ㇶ	ㇶ	&#x31F6
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HU	ㇷ	ㇷ	&#x31F7
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HE	ㇸ	ㇸ	&#x31F8
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO	ㇹ	ㇹ	&#x31F9
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL MU	ㇺ	ㇺ	&#x31FA
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RA	ㇻ	ㇻ	&#x31FB
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RI	ㇼ	ㇼ	&#x31FC
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU	ㇽ	ㇽ	&#x31FD
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RE	ㇾ	ㇾ	&#x31FE
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RO	ㇿ	ㇿ	&#x31FF

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Katakana Circled Forms

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
CIRCLED KATAKANA A	㋐	㋐	&#x32D0
CIRCLED KATAKANA I	㋑	㋑	&#x32D1
CIRCLED KATAKANA U	㋒	㋒	&#x32D2
CIRCLED KATAKANA E	㋓	㋓	&#x32D3
CIRCLED KATAKANA O	㋔	㋔	&#x32D4
CIRCLED KATAKANA KA	㋕	㋕	&#x32D5
CIRCLED KATAKANA KI	㋖	㋖	&#x32D6
CIRCLED KATAKANA KU	㋗	㋗	&#x32D7
CIRCLED KATAKANA KE	㋘	㋘	&#x32D8
CIRCLED KATAKANA KO	㋙	㋙	&#x32D9
CIRCLED KATAKANA SA	㋚	㋚	&#x32DA
CIRCLED KATAKANA SI	㋛	㋛	&#x32DB
CIRCLED KATAKANA SU	㋜	㋜	&#x32DC
CIRCLED KATAKANA SE	㋝	㋝	&#x32DD
CIRCLED KATAKANA SO	㋞	㋞	&#x32DE
CIRCLED KATAKANA TA	㋟	㋟	&#x32DF
CIRCLED KATAKANA TI	㋠	㋠	&#x32E0
CIRCLED KATAKANA TU	㋡	㋡	&#x32E1
CIRCLED KATAKANA TE	㋢	㋢	&#x32E2
CIRCLED KATAKANA TO	㋣	㋣	&#x32E3
CIRCLED KATAKANA NA	㋤	㋤	&#x32E4
CIRCLED KATAKANA NI	㋥	㋥	&#x32E5
CIRCLED KATAKANA NU	㋦	㋦	&#x32E6
CIRCLED KATAKANA NE	㋧	㋧	&#x32E7
CIRCLED KATAKANA NO	㋨	㋨	&#x32E8
CIRCLED KATAKANA HA	㋩	㋩	&#x32E9
CIRCLED KATAKANA HI	㋪	㋪	&#x32EA
CIRCLED KATAKANA HU	㋫	㋫	&#x32EB
CIRCLED KATAKANA HE	㋬	㋬	&#x32EC
CIRCLED KATAKANA HO	㋭	㋭	&#x32ED
CIRCLED KATAKANA MA	㋮	㋮	&#x32EE
CIRCLED KATAKANA MI	㋯	㋯	&#x32EF
CIRCLED KATAKANA MU	㋰	㋰	&#x32F0
CIRCLED KATAKANA ME	㋱	㋱	&#x32F1
CIRCLED KATAKANA MO	㋲	㋲	&#x32F2
CIRCLED KATAKANA YA	㋳	㋳	&#x32F3
CIRCLED KATAKANA YU	㋴	㋴	&#x32F4
CIRCLED KATAKANA YO	㋵	㋵	&#x32F5
CIRCLED KATAKANA RA	㋶	㋶	&#x32F6
CIRCLED KATAKANA RI	㋷	㋷	&#x32F7
CIRCLED KATAKANA RU	㋸	㋸	&#x32F8
CIRCLED KATAKANA RE	㋹	㋹	&#x32F9
CIRCLED KATAKANA RO	㋺	㋺	&#x32FA
CIRCLED KATAKANA WA	㋻	㋻	&#x32FB
CIRCLED KATAKANA WI	㋼	㋼	&#x32FC
CIRCLED KATAKANA WE	㋽	㋽	&#x32FD
CIRCLED KATAKANA WO	㋾	㋾	&#x32FE

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Katakana HalfWidth Forms

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
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT	･	･	&#xFF65
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER WO	ｦ	ｦ	&#xFF66
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A	ｧ	ｧ	&#xFF67
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL I	ｨ	ｨ	&#xFF68
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL U	ｩ	ｩ	&#xFF69
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL E	ｪ	ｪ	&#xFF6A
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL O	ｫ	ｫ	&#xFF6B
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA	ｬ	ｬ	&#xFF6C
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU	ｭ	ｭ	&#xFF6D
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO	ｮ	ｮ	&#xFF6E
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL TU	ｯ	ｯ	&#xFF6F
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK	ｰ	ｰ	&#xFF70
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER A	ｱ	ｱ	&#xFF71
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER I	ｲ	ｲ	&#xFF72
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER U	ｳ	ｳ	&#xFF73
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER E	ｴ	ｴ	&#xFF74
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER O	ｵ	ｵ	&#xFF75
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KA	ｶ	ｶ	&#xFF76
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KI	ｷ	ｷ	&#xFF77
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KU	ｸ	ｸ	&#xFF78
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KE	ｹ	ｹ	&#xFF79
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KO	ｺ	ｺ	&#xFF7A
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SA	ｻ	ｻ	&#xFF7B
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SI	ｼ	ｼ	&#xFF7C
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SU	ｽ	ｽ	&#xFF7D
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SE	ｾ	ｾ	&#xFF7E
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO	ｿ	ｿ	&#xFF7F
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TA	ﾀ	ﾀ	&#xFF80
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TI	ﾁ	ﾁ	&#xFF81
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TU	ﾂ	ﾂ	&#xFF82
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TE	ﾃ	ﾃ	&#xFF83
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TO	ﾄ	ﾄ	&#xFF84
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NA	ﾅ	ﾅ	&#xFF85
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI	ﾆ	ﾆ	&#xFF86
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NU	ﾇ	ﾇ	&#xFF87
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NE	ﾈ	ﾈ	&#xFF88
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NO	ﾉ	ﾉ	&#xFF89
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HA	ﾊ	ﾊ	&#xFF8A
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HI	ﾋ	ﾋ	&#xFF8B
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HU	ﾌ	ﾌ	&#xFF8C
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HE	ﾍ	ﾍ	&#xFF8D
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO	ﾎ	ﾎ	&#xFF8E
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER MA	ﾏ	ﾏ	&#xFF8F
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER MI	ﾐ	ﾐ	&#xFF90
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER MU	ﾑ	ﾑ	&#xFF91
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER ME	ﾒ	ﾒ	&#xFF92
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER MO	ﾓ	ﾓ	&#xFF93
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YA	ﾔ	ﾔ	&#xFF94
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YU	ﾕ	ﾕ	&#xFF95
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YO	ﾖ	ﾖ	&#xFF96
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RA	ﾗ	ﾗ	&#xFF97
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RI	ﾘ	ﾘ	&#xFF98
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RU	ﾙ	ﾙ	&#xFF99
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RE	ﾚ	ﾚ	&#xFF9A
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RO	ﾛ	ﾛ	&#xFF9B
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER WA	ﾜ	ﾜ	&#xFF9C
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER N	ﾝ	ﾝ	&#xFF9D
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA VOICED SOUND MARK	ﾞ	ﾞ	&#xFF9E
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK	ﾟ	ﾟ	&#xFF9F

 

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About The Codes

Use these codes if you need to insert a word or short phrase within a multilingual text.

Declare Unicode Encoding

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.

XHTML

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>

No Encoding Declared

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.

Using the Entity Codes

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 ペンシルパニア ("Pennsylvania") would be
&#12506;&#12531;&#12471;&#12523;&#12497;&#12491;&#12450;

The hexadecimal of Hebrew version of the Japanese ペンシルバニア ("Pennsylvania") would be
&#x30DA;&#x30F3;&#x30B7;&#x30EB;&#x30D0;&#x30CB;&#x30A2;
Note that the hexadecimal numbers include x as part of the code.

Windows Word 2003/2007 Alt Codes

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.

OS X Option Codes

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.

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