U+303C "〼" Masu Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+303C "〼" Masu Mark is a unique symbol used in East Asian typography and historically in Japanese documents, where it often functions as a form of placeholder or ideographic iteration mark. It visually resembles a square or a simplified character similar to the kanji for "measure" (桝), and its name derives from the Japanese word "masu," which refers to a traditional wooden measuring cup. The mark is employed in contexts such as cartography or signage to denote a unit of measure, a data field, or an unspecified item, and it is categorized under the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block of the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+303C |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Masu Mark |
| Block | CJK Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 〼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 〼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x80 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x303C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000303C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u303c |
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 | Nonstarter |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Han Hiragana Katakana |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |