U+1F262 "🉢" Rounded Symbol for Shou Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🉢
U+1F262 "🉢" Rounded Symbol for Shou is a Japanese kanji symbol enclosed in a rounded square, representing the word "shō" (寿), which means longevity, congratulations, or good fortune. This character is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block and is commonly used in Japanese culture as a decorative emblem, often found on festive items, seals, or celebratory messages to convey wishes for a long and prosperous life. Its design mimics traditional Japanese emblems (kamon) or lucky charms, blending calligraphic elegance with a compact, enclosed form for easy integration into digital text and graphics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F262 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Rounded Symbol for Shou |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🉢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🉢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x89 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE62 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F262 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude62 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| 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 |