What ㊕ means
It puts 特, the Japanese character for “special,” inside a circle.
Its Japanese reading is とく (toku). Circled characters label shop names, lists, tables, and maps; Unicode preserves older East Asian forms for text exchange.
A compact Japanese print label, not a chat mood.
Check context before treating it as a reaction.
Don't confuse it with
1Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ㊕ look like a box?
A font may lack ㊕. As of 2026, unsupported fonts can show a box or a different mark.
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Collections with ㊕
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How to type or find ㊕
- Also called
- 丸特
- Search it as
- ㊕ · ㊕ meaning · circled kanji special · まるとく · 囲み文字
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㊕CSS
\3295Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㊕
HTML hex
㊕
CSS content
content: "\3295";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8A%95
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.