U+1F23B "🈻" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-914D Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+1F23B "🈻" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-914D is a square enclosing the CJK ideograph U+914D, which is the character for the word "pei" or "bae" in Chinese and Japanese, often translated as "to match," "to pair," or "distribute," and in everyday use it appears in terms like "distribution" or "allocation." This character belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" Unicode block, where it is intended for use as a decorative or symbolic square icon, primarily in East Asian digital environments such as emoji sets or on mobile phones. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for consistent representation across platforms of this specific squared ideograph, which can serve as a compact visual shorthand for concepts related to matching or pairing in text.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83C 0xDE3B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F23B
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83c\ude3b