U+3020 "〠" Postal Mark Face Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3020 "〠" Postal Mark Face is a unique and whimsical symbol belonging to the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, representing a stylized face within a postal cancellation or postmark design. Its origins lie in Japanese postal culture, where it is sometimes used as a playful mascot or decorative element on mail, suggesting a friendly or cheerful personality associated with the delivery service. The glyph features circular eyes and a curved mouth, and while it is officially classified as a postal mark, its anthropomorphic design distinguishes it from purely functional symbols, making it a rare example of a smiling "character" in the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3020 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Postal Mark Face |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 〠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 〠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x80 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3020 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003020 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3020 |