U+33CD "㏍" Square Kk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㏍
U+33CD "㏍" Square Kk is a compatibility ideograph within the "CJK Compatibility" block, specifically categorized as a vertically formatted unit symbol used in East Asian square script. It represents the Latin abbreviation "KK" enclosed in a square glyph, which is typically employed to denote the Hindu god Krishna in some contexts, though it is also used as a generic squared notation for the letters "K" and "k" in certain legacy character sets. This character was included primarily to maintain roundtrip conversion fidelity with older Japanese and Chinese standards, and it is not commonly used in modern text but persists in specialized typography and digital archives.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+33CD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Square Kk |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Squared Kk |
| Block | CJK Compatibility |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "K" U+004B Latin Capital Letter K "K" U+004B Latin Capital Letter K |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㏍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㏍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8F 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x33CD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000033CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u33cd |
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 "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| 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 |