What ｴ means
It has the same e reading as エ. ｴ is the halfwidth compatibility form of エ: the shape is narrower, but the kana reading stays the same.
JIS X 0201, standardized in 1969, included a limited katakana set for computer systems with restricted character repertoires. JIS X 0208 and Shift JIS later connected that set with broader Japanese text. The halfwidth display became a familiar convention in fixed-width systems, and Unicode keeps the distinction for compatibility.
The character’s role depends on the field. A 2019 Zengin-Net update listed halfwidth katakana for bank transfer names and branch names. Japanese university email guidance warns that receiving environments may garble or display halfwidth kana differently. In ordinary Japanese prose, use エ unless a field asks for halfwidth.
A legacy-format choice, not a tone marker.
As of 2026, avoid using halfwidth kana for style in email: receiving environments may garble or display them differently.
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How to type or find ｴ
- Also called
- halfwidth e · hankaku e · halfwidth katakana
- Search it as
- ｴ · halfwidth kana · japanese e · capital i · i beam
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ｴ\FF74Why is ｴ a box on my screen?
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Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.