U+306A "な" Hiragana Letter Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+306A "な" Hiragana Letter Na is a fundamental character in the Japanese writing system, representing a syllable within the hiragana script. It is derived from the Chinese character 奈 and is used to write the sound "na" in various Japanese words, such as なか (naka, meaning "inside") and なに (nani, meaning "what"). This character belongs to the Hiragana block in Unicode and is widely utilized in both modern and classical Japanese texts, serving as a key component for grammatical particles and verb conjugations. Its rounded and flowing shape exemplifies the cursive nature of hiragana, contrasting with the more angular katakana script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+306A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hiragana Letter Na |
| Block | Hiragana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | な |
| HTML Hex Encoding | な |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x81 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x306A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000306A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u306a |