U+3397 "㎗" Square Dl Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㎗
U+3397 "㎗" Square Dl is a CJK compatibility ideograph representing the unit "deciliter" abbreviated as "dl" enclosed in a square, often used in East Asian text contexts for compact notation of measurement. This character is part of the CJK Compatibility block, which includes various squared Latin abbreviations for units like liters and grams, designed to match the visual style of standard Chinese, Japanese, and Korean character grids. Its primary purpose is to provide a single character for the common volume measurement of one tenth of a liter, facilitating clear and space efficient display in technical or typographic settings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3397 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Square Dl |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Squared Dl |
| Block | CJK Compatibility |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "d" U+0064 Latin Small Letter D "ℓ" U+2113 Script Small L |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㎗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㎗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8E 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3397 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003397 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3397 |
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 | "d" U+0064 Latin Small Letter D "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "d" U+0064 Latin Small Letter D "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| 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 |