What ㊀ means
Unicode’s note glosses it as “symbol of unification.” Treat that as a possible association, not a fixed message.
Japanese maru-ichi (“circle-one”) came from an Edo daikagura lineage’s crest. Daikagura is a performance tradition with ritual lion dances and acrobatics. A dictionary’s earliest citation is 1765; it dates the word, not this glyph.
From 1888–1909, Japanese post offices used a maru-ichi date stamp, a divided circle showing office and date details. It shares the name, not the design.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ㊀ show as a box?
A font may lack the glyph and draw a box instead. The text still contains ㊀; plain 一 keeps the numeral but loses the circle.
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How to type or find ㊀
- Also called
- maru-ichi · maruichi
- Search it as
- maru-iti · ㊀ meaning · symbol of unity · 丸一
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㊀CSS
\3280Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㊀
HTML hex
㊀
CSS content
content: "\3280";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8A%80
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.