U+31FF "ㇿ" Katakana Letter Small Ro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㇿ
U+31FF "ㇿ" Katakana Letter Small Ro is a rarely used, smaller version of the standard katakana character for "ro" and belongs to the Katakana Phonetic Extensions block. Its primary function is to represent the final consonant sound of the moraic nasal "n" when followed by sounds like "r" in the Ainu language, or to indicate a shortened or assimilated pronunciation in certain loanwords or phonetic transcriptions. Unlike typical katakana, which represent full syllables, this small character specifically marks a reduced or terminal consonant sound, making it a specialized tool for precise phonetic representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+31FF |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Small Ro |
| Block | Katakana Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㇿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㇿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x87 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x31FF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000031FF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u31ff |