# ー U+30FC KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK

Japanese long vowel mark, a horizontal or vertical bar used in katakana to lengthen the preceding vowel sound.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ー` |
| Codepoint | U+30FC |
| Name | KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK |
| Block | [Katakana](https://unicodekit.com/block/katakana) |
| Script | Hiragana, Katakana |
| Category | Modifier Letter (Lm) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ー` `ー` |
| CSS | `\30FC` |
| JavaScript | `\u30FC` |
| UTF-8 | E3 83 BC |
| UTF-16 | 30FC |

## Related characters

- ・ [U+30FB KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT](https://unicodekit.com/char/30FB)
- ヽ [U+30FD KATAKANA ITERATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/30FD)
- ヺ [U+30FA KATAKANA LETTER VO](https://unicodekit.com/char/30FA)
- ヾ [U+30FE KATAKANA VOICED ITERATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/30FE)
- ヹ [U+30F9 KATAKANA LETTER VE](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F9)
- ヿ [U+30FF KATAKANA DIGRAPH KOTO](https://unicodekit.com/char/30FF)
- ヸ [U+30F8 KATAKANA LETTER VI](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F8)
- ヷ [U+30F7 KATAKANA LETTER VA](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F7)
- ヶ [U+30F6 KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F6)
- ヵ [U+30F5 KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KA](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F5)
- ヴ [U+30F4 KATAKANA LETTER VU](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F4)
- ン [U+30F3 KATAKANA LETTER N](https://unicodekit.com/char/30F3)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/30FC · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/30FC