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Ta (kana)

Character of the Japanese writing system

Ta (hiragana: た, katakana: タ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ta]. た originates from the Chinese character 太, while タ originates from 多.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal t-
(た行 ta-gyō)
ta
taa
たあ, たぁ
たー
タア, タァ
ター
Addition dakuten d-
(だ行 da-gyō)
da
daa
だあ, だぁ
だー
ダア, ダァ
ダー

01Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
た / タ in Japanese Braille
た / タ
ta
だ / ダ
da
たあ / ター
だあ / ダー
Other kana based on Braille
ちゃ / チャ
cha
ぢゃ / ヂャ
ja/dya
ちゃあ / チャー
chā
ぢゃあ / ヂャー
/dyā
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER TA KATAKANA LETTER TA HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TA HIRAGANA LETTER DA KATAKANA LETTER DA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12383U+305F12479U+30BF65408U+FF8012384U+306012480U+30C0
UTF-8227 129 159E3 81 9F227 130 191E3 82 BF239 190 128EF BE 80227 129 160E3 81 A0227 131 128E3 83 80
Numeric character referenceたたタタタタだだダダ
Shift JIS130 18982 BD131 9483 5E192C0130 19082 BE131 9583 5F
EUC-JP164 191A4 BF165 191A5 BF142 1928E C0164 192A4 C0165 192A5 C0
GB 18030164 191A4 BF165 191A5 BF132 49 152 5684 31 98 38164 192A4 C0165 192A5 C0
EUC-KR / UHC170 191AA BF171 191AB BF170 192AA C0171 192AB C0
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)198 195C6 C3199 87C7 57198 196C6 C4199 88C7 58
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)199 70C7 46199 187C7 BB199 71C7 47199 188C7 BC
Character information
Preview
Unicode name CIRCLED KATAKANA TA
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode13023U+32DF
UTF-8227 139 159E3 8B 9F
Numeric character reference㋟㋟
Stroke order in writing た
Stroke order in writing た
Stroke order in writing タ
Stroke order in writing タ
Stroke order in writing た
Stroke order in writing た
Stroke order in writing タ
Stroke order in writing タ
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