U+3332 "㌲" Square Huaraddo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3332 "㌲" Square Huaraddo is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) compatibility ideograph that represents the word "huaraddo," a Japanese katakana-based transliteration of the English word "wallet." This character is part of a collection of squared katakana compounds historically used in Japanese typography to compress foreign loanwords into a single square-shaped unit, often for compatibility with older text encoding systems or for use in signage and logos. While it is rarely used in modern digital text, it remains a preserved relic in the Unicode standard, serving as a bridge between legacy encoding practices and contemporary global character representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+3332
Version Added 1.1
Name Square Huaraddo
Unicode 1.0 Name Squared Huaraddo
Block CJK Compatibility
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Square
Decomposition Mapping "フ" U+30D5 Katakana Letter Hu
"ァ" U+30A1 Katakana Letter Small A
"ラ" U+30E9 Katakana Letter Ra
"ッ" U+30C3 Katakana Letter Small Tu
"ド" U+30C9 Katakana Letter Do

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㌲
HTML Hex Encoding ㌲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8C 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3332
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003332
C/C++/Java Escape \u3332

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 "フ" U+30D5 Katakana Letter Hu
"ァ" U+30A1 Katakana Letter Small A
"ラ" U+30E9 Katakana Letter Ra
"ッ" U+30C3 Katakana Letter Small Tu
"ド" U+30C9 Katakana Letter Do
NFKC Simple Casefold "フ" U+30D5 Katakana Letter Hu
"ァ" U+30A1 Katakana Letter Small A
"ラ" U+30E9 Katakana Letter Ra
"ッ" U+30C3 Katakana Letter Small Tu
"ド" U+30C9 Katakana Letter Do
Script Katakana
Script Extensions Katakana
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Transformed Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Katakana
Sentence Break Other