U+FF6C "ｬ" Halfwidth Katakana Letter Small Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FF6C "ｬ" Halfwidth Katakana Letter Small Ya is a typographic variant of the standard fullwidth katakana character "ャ", which represents the small "ya" sound used in Japanese writing to form contracted syllables (yōon) such as "kya" or "nya". As part of the halfwidth and fullwidth forms block, this character is specifically designed for use in environments with limited character width, such as old computer terminals or certain text displays, where it occupies only half the width of its fullwidth counterpart while preserving its phonetic role. Its presence in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation of Japanese text across different systems and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF6C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Halfwidth Katakana Letter Small Ya |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Narrow |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ャ" U+30E3 Katakana Letter Small Ya |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ｬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ｬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBD 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF6C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF6C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff6c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Conditional Japanese Starter |
| East Asian Width | Halfwidth |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ャ" U+30E3 Katakana Letter Small Ya |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ャ" U+30E3 Katakana Letter Small Ya |
| Script | Katakana |
| Script Extensions | Katakana |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Katakana |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |