U+309D "ゝ" Hiragana Iteration Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ゝ
U+309D "ゝ" Hiragana Iteration Mark is a small, sinuous symbol used in Japanese writing to indicate the repetition of a preceding hiragana character, functioning as a shorthand device that reduces the need to write the same syllable twice in a row. Its placement typically appears after the character it duplicates, and its usage is often seen in personal names, traditional texts, and certain formal contexts, though it is less common in modern everyday writing. This mark has a voiced counterpart, U+309E "ゞ", which includes a dakuten to signal that the repeated syllable should be pronounced with a voiced sound, such as changing "ka" to "ga".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+309D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hiragana Iteration Mark |
| Block | Hiragana |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ゝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ゝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x82 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x309D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000309D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u309d |