Koto (kana)
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ヿ, read as koto, is a kana ligature – typographic ligature in the Japanese language – consisting of a combination of the katakana graphs of コ ([ko]) and ト ([to]), and thus represents their combined sound, コト ([koto]). It is drawn with one stroke. It is uncommon and used only in vertical writing.
In Unicode
Preview | ヿ | |
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Unicode name | KATAKANA DIGRAPH KOTO | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 12543 | U+30FF |
UTF-8 | 227 131 191 | E3 83 BF |
Numeric character reference | ヿ |
ヿ |
JIS X 0213 | 34 56 | 22 38 |