U+3006 "〆" Ideographic Closing Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3006 "〆" Ideographic Closing Mark is a unique CJK symbol used primarily in Japanese and Chinese writing to indicate closure, finality, or the end of a document, letter, or section. It is often handwritten at the conclusion of a personal letter or business correspondence, functioning similarly to a closing mark or a seal of completion, though it is not a standard punctuation mark. The character resembles a stylized combination of the katakana "メ" (me) and a cross, and its usage extends to marking tasks as finished or sealing envelopes in traditional contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3006 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Ideographic Closing Mark |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 〆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 〆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x80 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3006 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003006 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3006 |