U+33B5 "㎵" Square Nv Unicode Character

U+33B5 "㎵" Square Nv is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) compatibility ideograph that represents the square of the unit "nV" or nanovolt. It is part of the "CJK Compatibility" block, designed to encode precomposed squared Latin abbreviations for compatibility with older East Asian text encoding standards. This character is a single glyph that combines the letter "N" and "V" into a compact, monospaced form, often used in technical or scientific contexts where space is limited, such as in tables or on measurement displays. However, it is generally intended for legacy use rather than modern text, where a regular "nV" sequence is preferred.

General Properties

Code Point	U+33B5
Version Added	1.1
Name	Square Nv
Unicode 1.0 Name	Squared Nv
Block	CJK Compatibility
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Square
Decomposition Mapping	"n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N "V" U+0056 Latin Capital Letter V

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㎵
HTML Hex Encoding	㎵
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8E 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x33B5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000033B5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u33b5

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	"n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V
NFKC Simple Casefold	"n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V
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