U+FF68 "ｨ" Halfwidth Katakana Letter Small I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FF68 "ｨ" Halfwidth Katakana Letter Small I is a variant of the standard Japanese katakana character "イ" (i), but rendered in a halfwidth form that occupies a single byte width in legacy character sets, making it compatible with older text systems and fixed-width displays. This character represents the vowel sound "i" in a reduced or small size, often used in combination with other katakana to create compound sounds or to denote a shortened or murmured vowel in phonetic transcription. Found in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block of Unicode, U+FF68 is primarily utilized in contexts where text must fit within a constrained horizontal space, such as in vintage computer terminals, telecommunications systems, or certain East Asian typography.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ｨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ｨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xBD 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFF68 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FF68 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\uff68 |
Unicode Properties