U+30C4 "ツ" Katakana Letter Tu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+30C4 "ツ" Katakana Letter Tu is a character in the Japanese katakana syllabary, used primarily to represent the sound "tsu" in transcriptions of foreign words, onomatopoeia, and technical or emphasis writing. It is derived from the kanji 川 and features a distinctive three stroke appearance, often resembling a small bird or a smiling face in casual contexts. This character is part of the Katakana block in Unicode and is widely utilized in Japanese text for loanwords, names, and other non traditional vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+30C4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Tu |
| Block | Katakana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ツ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ツ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x83 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x30C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000030C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u30c4 |