U+331A "㌚" Square Kuruzeiro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+331A "㌚" Square Kuruzeiro is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) compatibility ideograph, specifically classified as a squared katakana abbreviation that represents the word "Kuruzeiro" (クロセイロ). This character is part of the "CJK Compatibility" block, designed for vertical text layout in Japanese typography to condense multi-character loanwords or foreign names into a single square-shaped glyph. It derives from the Portuguese or Spanish term "Cruzeiro," likely referring to the Brazilian currency or the Southern Cross constellation, and is used in contexts like historical financial documents or astronomical references within Japanese writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+331A
Name
Square Kuruzeiro
Unicode 1.0 Name
Squared Kuruzeiro
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
㌚
HTML Hex Encoding
㌚
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE3 0x8C 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x331A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000331A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u331a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Katakana