U+33D3 "㏓" Square Lx Unicode Character

U+33D3 "㏓" Square Lx is a CJK Compatibility Ideograph that forms part of a block of precomposed square symbols used in East Asian text environments, particularly for representing units of measurement or standard abbreviations in a compact, monospaced format. Specifically, it represents the abbreviation for the hexadecimal notation or perhaps a unit related to the Roman numeral for 60, as the "L" stands for 50 and the "x" for 10 in Roman numerals, though in modern usage it is primarily a legacy encoding for compatibility with older character sets. Its appearance resembles a single glyph containing the letters "L" and "x" arranged in a square layout, intended for use in contexts where such compact symbols were historically required, such as in Japanese or Chinese technical documentation or computer systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+33D3
Version Added	1.1
Name	Square Lx
Unicode 1.0 Name	Squared Lx
Block	CJK Compatibility
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Square
Decomposition Mapping	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㏓
HTML Hex Encoding	㏓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8F 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x33D3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000033D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u33d3

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	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
NFKC Simple Casefold	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
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