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Te (kana)

Character of the Japanese writing system

Te (hiragana: て, katakana: テ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [te].

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal t-
(た行 ta-gyō)
te
tei
tee
てい
てえ, てぇ
てー
テイ
テエ, テェ
テー
Addition dakuten d-
(だ行 da-gyō)
de
dei
dee
でい
でえ, でぇ
でー
デイ
デエ, デェ
デー
Other additional forms
Form A (ty-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
tya てゃ テャ
ti, tyi てぃ ティ
tyu てゅ テュ
tye てぃぇ ティェ
tyo てょ テョ
Form B (dy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
dya でゃ デャ
di, dyi でぃ ディ
dyu でゅ デュ
dye でぃぇ ディェ
dyo でょ デョ

01Other communicative representations

Japanese radiotelephony alphabet Wabun code
テレビのテ
Terebi no "Te"
      
  • Full Braille representation
て / テ in Japanese Braille
て / テ
te
で / デ
de
てい / テー
/tei
でい / デー
/dei
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER TE KATAKANA LETTER TE HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TE HIRAGANA LETTER DE KATAKANA LETTER DE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12390U+306612486U+30C665411U+FF8312391U+306712487U+30C7
UTF-8227 129 166E3 81 A6227 131 134E3 83 86239 190 131EF BE 83227 129 167E3 81 A7227 131 135E3 83 87
Numeric character referenceててテテテテででデデ
Shift JIS130 19682 C4131 10183 65195C3130 19782 C5131 10283 66
EUC-JP164 198A4 C6165 198A5 C6142 1958E C3164 199A4 C7165 199A5 C7
GB 18030164 198A4 C6165 198A5 C6132 49 153 4984 31 99 31164 199A4 C7165 199A5 C7
EUC-KR / UHC170 198AA C6171 198AB C6170 199AA C7171 199AB C7
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)198 202C6 CA199 94C7 5E198 203C6 CB199 95C7 5F
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)199 77C7 4D199 194C7 C2199 78C7 4E199 195C7 C3
Character information
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Unicode name CIRCLED KATAKANA TE SQUARED KATAKANA DE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode13026U+32E2127507U+1F213
UTF-8227 139 162E3 8B A2240 159 136 147F0 9F 88 93
UTF-161302632E255356 56851D83C DE13
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Shift JIS (ARIB)237 214ED D6
GB 18030129 57 211 5281 39 D3 34148 57 152 4994 39 98 31
Stroke order in writing て
Stroke order in writing て
Stroke order in writing テ
Stroke order in writing テ
Stroke order in writing て
Stroke order in writing て
Stroke order in writing テ
Stroke order in writing テ
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