U+3386 "㎆" Square Mb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3386 "㎆" Square Mb is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph representing the unit symbol for megabit, abbreviated as Mb, typically used in computing and telecommunications to denote data transfer speeds or storage capacities. It is part of the CJK Compatibility block in Unicode, designed to maintain vertical text layout and compatibility with older East Asian character encodings by combining the Latin letters M and b into a single square-shaped glyph. This character is not a standard unit symbol in modern usage, which prefers separate letters, but it remains available for historical or specialized formatting needs.

General Properties

Code Point U+3386
Version Added 1.1
Name Square Mb
Unicode 1.0 Name Squared Mb
Block CJK Compatibility
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Square
Decomposition Mapping "M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M
"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㎆
HTML Hex Encoding ㎆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8E 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3386
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003386
C/C++/Java Escape \u3386

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 "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
"b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B
NFKC Simple Casefold "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
"b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B
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