U+30B5 "サ" Katakana Letter Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
サ
U+30B5 "サ" Katakana Letter Sa is a character used in the Japanese writing system, specifically within the katakana syllabary, where it represents the syllable "sa". It is derived from the kanji 散 and is commonly employed in modern Japanese to write foreign loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific terms, and for emphasis, much like italics in English. Its Unicode encoding at U+30B5 places it in the Katakana block, allowing it to be consistently displayed and processed across different digital platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+30B5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Sa |
| Block | Katakana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | サ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | サ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x82 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x30B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000030B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u30b5 |