What ㇣ means
It marks one circular stroke in a character. Q abbreviates the traditional Mandarin stroke name. Pinyin, the romanization used for Mandarin, writes 圈 as quān; it means “circle” and sounds roughly like “chwen,” with a high, level tone. A 2006 Unicode proposal grouped ㇣ with technical strokes for Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters.
Technical stroke notation, not a casual reaction.
If it arrives alone, ask which character the stroke describes.
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ㇣ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ㇣
- Search it as
- ㇣ · circle stroke · 圈 · quān · gukja · 㔔
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㇣CSS
\31E3Unicode input
If your device supports Unicode hex entry, enter
31E3 without U+; exact keystrokes depend on the system.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㇣
HTML hex
㇣
CSS content
content: "\31E3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%87%A3
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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.