U+30F9 "ヹ" Katakana Letter Ve Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+30F9 "ヹ" Katakana Letter Ve is a rarely used character in the Japanese katakana syllabary, representing the sound "ve" as a modified version of the standard katakana character "ヱ" (we). It is formed by adding a dakuten, or voicing mark, to the base character, which itself is an obsolete kana that historically represented the syllable "we" but is now largely archaic in modern Japanese writing. The character "ヹ" is primarily encountered in historical or transliteration contexts, such as representing foreign loanwords or names that contain the "ve" sound, where standard katakana lacks a dedicated character. This character is part of the Unicode block for katakana and serves as a specialized linguistic tool rather than a common element in everyday Japanese text.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ヹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ヹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE3 0x83 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x30F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000030F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u30f9 |
Unicode Properties