U+337D "" Square Era Name Taisyou Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+337D "" Square Era Name Taisyou is a single CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) character that encodes the Japanese era name "Taisho" (大正) into a compact square-shaped block for use in vertical text and digital typesetting. It represents the name of the reign period of Emperor Yoshihito, which lasted from 1912 to 1926, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for seamless representation of this historical era in plain text without relying on complex formatting or multiple characters. This square character is part of a set of squared era name symbols designed to match the visual style of other East Asian squared glyphs, facilitating consistent display in contexts like calendars, legal documents, and software interfaces where traditional era names are still commonly used in Japan.

General Properties

Code Point
U+337D
Name
Square Era Name Taisyou
Unicode 1.0 Name
Squared Two Ideographs Era Name Taisyou

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
㍽
HTML Hex Encoding
㍽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE3 0x8D 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x337D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000337D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u337d