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Katakana shi
U+30B7 · Katakana
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Meaning and uses
The Japanese katakana letter shi. It looks very like ツ, but its strokes are angled differently, and it is also used as a smiley in names.
Unicode details
シ is the Unicode character named KATAKANA LETTER SI, code point U+30B7, in the Katakana block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a letter (general category Lo).
It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.
| Unicode name | KATAKANA LETTER SI |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+30B7 |
| Block | Katakana |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 82 B7 |
| UTF-16 | 30B7 |
| HTML | シ |
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How to type シ
- On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
- In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 30B7 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into シ.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “katakana letter si”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 30b7, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
シ. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\30B7".