U+3068 "と" Hiragana Letter To Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3068 "と" Hiragana Letter To is a basic character in the Japanese writing system, representing the syllable "to" and belonging to the hiragana script used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical elements. It is classified under the Unicode block "Hiragana," which contains characters derived from the cursive forms of Chinese characters, and its phonetic value corresponds to the voiceless alveolar plosive sound in Japanese. In modern usage, "と" frequently functions as a particle indicating conjunction or quotation, and it is a fundamental component of the Japanese syllabary, which includes 46 core hiragana characters. The character's standardized form and stroke order are defined in the Unicode standard, ensuring consistent representation across different digital platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+3068
Version Added 1.1
Name Hiragana Letter To
Block Hiragana
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding と
HTML Hex Encoding と
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x81 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3068
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003068
C/C++/Java Escape \u3068

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hiragana
Script Extensions Hiragana
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter