U+3081 "め" Hiragana Letter Me Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+3081 "め" Hiragana Letter Me is a fundamental component of the Japanese writing system, representing the syllable "me" in the hiragana syllabary, which is one of the three scripts used in modern Japanese alongside katakana and kanji. This character is derived from the cursive simplified form of the Chinese character 女 (meaning woman) and is used in native Japanese words, grammatical particles, and verb conjugations. In Unicode, it falls within the Hiragana block (U+3040 to U+309F) and is commonly employed in written Japanese for words like "目" (me, meaning eye) and "梅" (ume, meaning plum) when written phonetically. Its typical stroke order consists of two strokes, and it plays a vital role in accurately representing the sound and flow of the Japanese language.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
め |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
め |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE3 0x82 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x3081 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00003081 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u3081 |
Unicode Properties