U+3080 "む" Hiragana Letter Mu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3080 "む" Hiragana Letter Mu is a fundamental character in the Japanese writing system, representing the syllable "mu" as part of the hiragana syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical elements. This character is derived from the cursive form of the kanji 武, and it appears in everyday Japanese text in words such as むずかしい (muzukashii, meaning "difficult") and むし (mushi, meaning "insect"). As a single Unicode encoded character, it enables consistent digital representation and processing of Japanese text across different platforms and software, following the standard mapping established for the hiragana block in the Unicode Standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3080 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hiragana Letter Mu |
| Block | Hiragana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | む |
| HTML Hex Encoding | む |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x82 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3080 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003080 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3080 |