U+306D "ね" Hiragana Letter Ne Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+306D "ね" Hiragana Letter Ne is a fundamental component of the Japanese writing system, representing the syllable "ne" in the hiragana syllabary, which is used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical elements. This character is derived from the cursive style of the Chinese character 祢, and it holds phonetic value in Japanese, appearing frequently in everyday vocabulary, such as in the word "猫" (neko) meaning cat, or as a sentence-ending particle "ね" that seeks agreement or softens a statement. Its form is a single, flowing stroke that curves downward and to the left with a distinct loop at the top, making it recognizable among the forty-six base hiragana characters. As part of Unicode’s range for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) scripts, U+306D is encoded for digital communication and text processing, ensuring its proper display and input across modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+306D
Version Added 1.1
Name Hiragana Letter Ne
Block Hiragana
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ね
HTML Hex Encoding ね
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x81 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x306D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000306D
C/C++/Java Escape \u306d

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