U+1F201 "🈁" Squared Katakana Koko Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🈁
U+1F201 "🈁" Squared Katakana Koko is a symbol used in Japanese signage and digital displays, representing the word "ここ" (koko), which means "here" or "this place." Enclosed in a square box, it is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block and is commonly employed to indicate a location, such as a help desk or information point, in contexts like shopping malls, maps, or interface buttons. Its design ensures clarity and easy recognition, making it a practical visual shorthand in user interfaces and wayfinding systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F201 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Squared Katakana Koko |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "コ" U+30B3 Katakana Letter Ko "コ" U+30B3 Katakana Letter Ko |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🈁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🈁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F201 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude01 |