U+33CE "㏎" Square Km Capital Unicode Character

U+33CE "㏎" Square Km Capital is a CJK Compatibility Ideograph used primarily in East Asian text processing to represent the unit of measurement "square kilometer" in a compact, single character form, where the capital "K" and lowercase "m" are combined into a squared notation indicating area. This character is part of the Unicode block specifically designed for compatibility with older character encodings and legacy systems, often found in specialized contexts such as maps, scientific documents, or data labels where space is limited and a standard abbreviation is needed. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that text containing this unit symbol can be consistently represented across different platforms and fonts, preserving the intended meaning without requiring additional formatting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+33CE
Version Added	1.1
Name	Square Km Capital
Unicode 1.0 Name	Squared Km Capital
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 "M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㏎
HTML Hex Encoding	㏎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8F 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x33CE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000033CE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u33ce

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 "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
NFKC Simple Casefold	"k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
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