U+1F213 "🈓" Squared Katakana De Unicode Character

U+1F213 "🈓" Squared Katakana De is a specific code point within the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block, representing the Japanese katakana syllable "De" (デ) enclosed in a square. This character is primarily used as a visual symbol in signage, user interfaces, and digital communications to convey the meaning of "de" (often serving as a particle or indicator in Japanese contexts), and it is part of a broader set of squared katakana characters designed for compact, standardized display in multilingual environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F213
Version Added	5.2
Name	Squared Katakana De
Block	Enclosed Ideographic Supplement
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Square
Decomposition Mapping	"デ" U+30C7 Katakana Letter De

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🈓
HTML Hex Encoding	🈓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDE13
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F213
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\ude13

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"デ" U+30C7 Katakana Letter De
NFKC Simple Casefold	"デ" U+30C7 Katakana Letter De
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other