Hiragana Letter A
U+3042あLetter · decimal あ
Japanese Symbols Copy & Paste
Copy Japanese hiragana, katakana, kanji and marks. Learn which writing-system category each character belongs to before using it in text.
Review scope: The script taxonomy follows Unicode character names, but this page is not certified by a named fluent Japanese reviewer. Verify complete words and cultural usage with a fluent speaker.
Copy japanese symbols
193 characters and sequences. Choose an entry and it copies straight away.
That search returns nothing in this set.
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Japanese Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
Here are 12 representative rows out of 193. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Love (Traditional Chinese / Kanji)
U+611B愛Letter · decimal 愛
Hiragana Letter Za
U+3056ざLetter · decimal ざ
Hiragana Letter De
U+3067でLetter · decimal で
Hiragana Letter Pe
U+307AぺLetter · decimal ぺ
Hiragana Letter Ru
U+308BるLetter · decimal る
Katakana Letter Small E
U+30A7ェLetter · decimal ェ
Katakana Letter Se
U+30BBセLetter · decimal セ
Katakana Letter No
U+30CEノLetter · decimal ノ
Katakana Letter Mi
U+30DFミLetter · decimal ミ
Katakana Letter We
U+30F1ヱLetter · decimal ヱ
Circled Katakana Si
U+32DB㋛Symbol · decimal ㋛
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Japanese hiragana, katakana, kanji and marks
Japanese writing combines hiragana, katakana, kanji and native punctuation; individual characters are not interchangeable decoration.
Hiragana and katakana are syllabaries, kanji carry lexical meaning, and punctuation has structural roles. The collection labels the encoded characters but does not turn isolated samples into Japanese words. Stored on this page are 193 entries, split 192 single characters to 1 sequences.
You will meet Hiragana Letter A, Love (Traditional Chinese / Kanji), Hiragana Letter Za, Hiragana Letter De among these. Measured over the full set, the leading name patterns are Hiragana Letter Small (12), Katakana Letter Small (12), Hiragana Letter A (1). Single-character values span U+203B to U+1F201.
Browse japanese symbols by type
Hiragana
90 entries
Katakana
98 entries
Kanji and iteration marks
4 entries
Japanese punctuation and symbols
6 entries
What this inventory contains
The range these japanese symbols occupy
Counted across U+203B to U+1F201, the general-category split is letter 187, symbol 4, punctuation 1.
Name patterns that repeat
Hiragana Letter Small (12), Katakana Letter Small (12), Hiragana Letter A (1) lead the name frequencies — measured, not assumed.
Sequence construction
1 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 1 with a variation selector, the longest running to 2 code points.
Which one should you use
Two look almost the same: Hiragana Letter A and Hiragana Letter Za. They are different characters: U+3042 and U+3056. Start with katakana.
It is the biggest group, with 98. Leave kanji and iteration marks unless nothing else fits. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 2 emoji, 191 plain.
Always check it in the place it will appear.
Hiragana, katakana and kanji serve different roles in Japanese. A character that looks attractive is not automatically a meaningful standalone word.
187Letter
Letterforms borrowed for their shape. 97% here.
3Symbol
Ordinary text symbols, styled by your CSS. 2% here.
1Punctuation
Punctuation, where small differences matter. 1% here.
1Emoji or pictograph
Colour artwork, supplied by the platform. 1% here.
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Japanese Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
Pick from 193 japanese symbols on this page. 98 of them are katakana. Their home in Unicode is the Katakana block. 2 of them are emoji and come out in colour. The other 191 take the colour of the text near them.
Sorted into 4 kinds
Expect hiragana, katakana and kanji and iteration marks. 98 sit under katakana.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Katakana (94), Hiragana (89) and CJK Symbols and Punctuation (3). They span U+203B to U+1F201, so no one font covers them all.
The pair people mix up
Hiragana Letter A and Hiragana Letter Za look alike. They are not the same character.
1 entries are sequences
Half-copying breaks 1 of these. Take the whole value.
Key words and ideas
These words describe the shapes, uses and character families you will meet in this collection.
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji and iteration marks
- Japanese punctuation and symbols
- Japanese
- Kanji
- Symbol
- Love
- (Traditional
- Chinese
- Kanji)
Quick comparison
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiragana | あ い う | Language study and script reference | Treating hiragana, katakana and kanji as interchangeable styles |
| Katakana | ア イ ウ | Correct multilingual names and quotations | Copying a character without checking its reading in the intended word |
| Kanji and iteration marks | 々 〆 愛 | Phonetic and transliteration work | Using ツ or シ as a face inside actual Japanese text |
| Japanese punctuation and symbols | 々 〒 ※ | Language study and script reference | Treating hiragana, katakana and kanji as interchangeable styles |
What the japanese symbols inventory actually contains
Every figure below is counted from the 193 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Katakana (94), Hiragana (89) and CJK Symbols and Punctuation (3).
| Group | Entries | Examples | Code points | Usual presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiragana | 90 | あ い う | U+3042–U+304A | Text presentation |
| Katakana | 98 | ア イ ウ | U+30A2–U+30AA | Text presentation |
| Kanji and iteration marks | 4 | 々 〆 愛 | U+3005–U+685C | Text presentation |
| Japanese punctuation and symbols | 6 | 々 〒 ※ | U+203B–U+611B | Text presentation |
Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.
Read further
Compare these choices with chinese symbols and korean symbols. For a deeper explanation, read How to Copy and Paste Symbols Safely. A faster route to the same point: are writing-system characters decorative symbols?.
Tip: Pair anything decorative with real text. That is what search engines index and what screen readers announce.
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How to use japanese symbols
Selecting an entry places its exact code points on your clipboard. Paste with Ctrl V, ⌘ V, or the Paste command on mobile.
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Language study and script reference
Reach for Hiragana Letter A, and never let it replace a word that matters.
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Correct multilingual names and quotations
Katakana suits correct multilingual names and quotations. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Phonetic and transliteration work
When creating phonetic and transliteration work, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready japanese symbols examples for language study and script reference
Language study and script reference
あ Japanese referenceCorrect multilingual names and quotations
あ い うPhonetic and transliteration work
う japanese あ05
How to type these japanese symbols directly
You do not have to copy. Each code point below doubles as a keyboard code — decimal for a Windows alt code, hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| あ | Hiragana Letter A | Alt 12354 | 3042 | あ |
| 愛 | Love (Traditional Chinese / Kanji) | Alt 24859 | 611B | 愛 |
| ざ | Hiragana Letter Za | Alt 12374 | 3056 | ざ |
| で | Hiragana Letter De | Alt 12391 | 3067 | で |
| ぺ | Hiragana Letter Pe | Alt 12410 | 307A | ぺ |
| る | Hiragana Letter Ru | Alt 12427 | 308B | る |
Two limits apply to alt codes: a physical keypad, and a ceiling at U+FFFF. 1 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 1 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. Full per-platform instructions live in the keyboard guide.
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How japanese symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Most of these live in one place: Katakana holds 51% of them. The rest come from Hiragana and CJK Symbols and Punctuation. 191 are plain text and follow your font.
The other 2 are emoji. Your phone or computer paints those in colour. Unicode files the emoji ones under Symbols.
1 entries are made of several parts. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. The newest here arrived in Emoji 0.6.
Older phones show a blank box instead.
What travels is the character; what you see is whatever font the destination reaches for. That is why the same japanese symbol can look heavier on a phone than in a document.
192Single characters
1Sequences
2Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with japanese symbols
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Treating hiragana, katakana and kanji as interchangeable styles.
- 2
Copying a character without checking its reading in the intended word.
- 3
Using ツ or シ as a face inside actual Japanese text.
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Japanese Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Hiragana Letter A and Hiragana Letter Za?+
Different code points, similar shapes. Hiragana Letter A sits at U+3042 and Hiragana Letter Za at U+3056, so search, sorting and screen readers treat them as unrelated characters even where they look the same.
What is the HTML code for hiragana letter a?+
あ is the hexadecimal form and あ the decimal one; both render as あ. On a page that declares UTF-8 you can also just paste the character.
Which japanese symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
191 of the 193 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 2 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Why does one of these japanese symbols split apart when I paste it?+
1 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these japanese symbols in?+
Chiefly Katakana, which accounts for 94; the rest come from Hiragana and CJK Symbols and Punctuation. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Will these japanese symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 0.6. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about japanese symbols
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The data behind this page
All counts derive from the 193 values actually stored for this collection. Rather than curating names by hand, this page reads them from the Unicode 17.0 database, and takes emoji membership from the standard's own data files.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data