What ㊏ means
In Japanese calendars, ㊏ means Saturday. It encloses 土, the Earth character in 土曜日 (“Saturday”), and is also called 丸土 (“circled 土”).
Japanese weekday names came through China. A diary by Japanese courtier Fujiwara no Michinaga records their continuous use from 998–1021. Before Meiji-era reforms, the sequence served calendar-based fortune reading; afterward, these names became everyday weekday labels. The circled form belongs to that older system.
Japanese calendar shorthand.
In a date grid, read it as Saturday, not a stand-alone Earth mark.
Don't confuse it with
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1Why does ㊏ appear as a box?
When a font lacks this enclosed character, it may show a box or another fallback glyph. Write 土曜日 when readers need to recognize the weekday clearly.
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How to type or find ㊏
- Also called
- 丸土
- Search it as
- marudo · 土曜 · 土曜日 · doyoubi
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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