U+31F9 "ㇹ" Katakana Letter Small Ho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+31F9 "ㇹ" Katakana Letter Small Ho is a small form of the standard katakana character ホ (Ho), primarily used in the modern Japanese writing system to represent a specific phonetic nuance, particularly as part of the extended katakana set for writing foreign loanwords or Ainu language sounds. Unlike the full-sized ホ, which is used in normal syllables, the small-sized version denotes a shortened or clipped pronunciation, often appearing in combination with other characters to create sounds not native to Japanese, such as in the representation of the Ainu language where it indicates a final glottal or reduced vowel. This character is part of the Katakana phonetic extensions block in the Unicode standard and is visually distinct from its full-size counterpart due to its reduced scale.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ㇹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ㇹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE3 0x87 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x31F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000031F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u31f9 |
Unicode Properties