U+30E0 "ム" Katakana Letter Mu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ム
U+30E0 "ム" Katakana Letter Mu is a character in the Japanese katakana syllabary used to represent the syllable "mu". It is derived from a simplified form of the kanji "牟" and is primarily used in modern Japanese to write loanwords, onomatopoeia, and for emphasis in text, similar to other katakana characters. This specific glyph is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Katakana block, with a distinct visual appearance consisting of two straight strokes forming an angular, triangular shape. In digital contexts, it is utilized alongside other katakana to achieve accurate rendering of Japanese language content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+30E0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Mu |
| Block | Katakana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ム |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ム |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x83 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x30E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000030E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u30e0 |