U+1F228 "🈨" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-6355 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F228 "🈨" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-6355 is a squared version of the CJK ideograph that corresponds to the character U+6355, which in Chinese and Japanese means "to catch" or "to capture," often used in contexts such as police apprehension or fishing. This character is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block, designed for use in decorative or informational contexts, such as on signs, buttons, or emoji-style graphics, where it appears inside a square frame to enhance visibility or convey a specific, compact meaning. Its inclusion in Unicode allows it to be rendered consistently across digital platforms, bridging linguistic and graphical communication needs.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F228
Version Added 5.2
Name Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-6355
Block Enclosed Ideographic Supplement
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Square
Decomposition Mapping "捕" U+6355 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🈨
HTML Hex Encoding 🈨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDE28
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F228
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\ude28

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 "捕" U+6355 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "捕" U+6355 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