U+1F218 "🈘" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-4Ea4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🈘
U+1F218 "🈘" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-4Ea4 is a square-shaped symbol containing the Chinese character "交" (jiāo), which means "to cross," "intersect," or "exchange." This character belongs to the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block and is used in East Asian contexts, particularly in Japanese signage and maps, to denote an intersection or a traffic exchange point. Its design encloses the ideograph within a solid square, making it visually distinct and easy to recognize as a standardized symbol for wayfinding or informational purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F218 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-4Ea4 |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "交" U+4EA4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🈘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🈘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F218 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude18 |
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 | "交" U+4EA4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "交" U+4EA4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| 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 |