What ㈜ means
It marks a Korean company organized with shares.
주식회사 is the full term; ㈜ and (주) can stand before or after the company name.
In 1910, Japan’s colonial government in Korea issued the Joseon Company Ordinance, requiring colonial approval to form a company.
Is ㈜ an emoji?
No. It is a text abbreviation used in Korean company names.
Formal shorthand used in Korean company names.
The parentheses are part of the abbreviation, not an aside.
Don't confuse it with
1(주) Why does ㈜ become (주)? Unicode compatibility normalization can rewrite it as ordinary text.
Questions people ask
1Does ㈜ identify one company?
No. It marks a company form; the adjacent company name identifies the business.
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Collections with ㈜
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How to type or find ㈜
- Also called
- (주)
- Search it as
- 주식회사 · Korean company abbreviation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㈜CSS
\321CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㈜
HTML hex
㈜
CSS content
content: "\321C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%88%9C
1
On screen
1
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.