U+338F "㎏" Square Kg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㎏
U+338F "㎏" Square Kg is a precomposed symbol representing the unit "kilogram," designed for use in East Asian typography where characters are often displayed in a square, monospaced format. It appears as a single glyph combining the Latin letters "k" and "g" into a compact, visually balanced square space, making it convenient for use in text where a full-width appearance is desired, such as in Japanese or Chinese writing systems. This character avoids the need for separate spacing or formatting adjustments when typing the unit symbol in a CJK context, while still denoting the standard metric unit of mass.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+338F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Square Kg |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Squared Kg |
| Block | CJK Compatibility |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㎏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㎏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8E 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x338F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000338F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u338f |
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 | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| 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 |