U+30D6 "ブ" Katakana Letter Bu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+30D6 "ブ" Katakana Letter Bu is a character in the Japanese katakana syllabary, representing the syllable "bu." It is composed of the base character U+30D5 "フ" (fu) combined with a voiced sound mark (dakuten), which transforms the voiceless "fu" into the voiced "bu." This character is used in modern Japanese writing primarily for foreign loanwords, onomatopoeia, technical terms, and emphasis, as katakana is distinct from the hiragana script. In Unicode, it resides in the Katakana block (U+30A0 to U+30FF) and serves as a standard digital representation for this syllable across various systems and fonts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+30D6
Name
Katakana Letter Bu
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ブ
HTML Hex Encoding
ブ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE3 0x83 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x30D6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000030D6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u30d6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Katakana