U+1F239 "🈹" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-5272 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🈹
U+1F239 "🈹" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-5272 is a square-shaped symbol containing the Chinese character "割" (gē), which means "to cut" or "to divide." This character is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block and is often used in Japanese and Chinese contexts as an abbreviation for "discount" or "sale," particularly in signage or advertising to indicate a price reduction. Its squared format ensures clear visual distinction, making it a practical and cross-cultural symbol for commercial promotions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F239 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-5272 |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "割" U+5272 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🈹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🈹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F239 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude39 |
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 | "割" U+5272 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "割" U+5272 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 |
| Emoji | Yes |
| Emoji Presentation | Yes |
| Extended Pictographic | Yes |