What ㈺ means
It labels a call or summons in compact Japanese typography.
The ideograph 呼 carries the meaning of calling or summoning; 呼出 is the plain Japanese wording for calling someone in. The enclosed form takes one character cell, useful in compact lists, tables, or vertical writing.
A compact Japanese typographic label for calling or summoning.
Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-547C
The Japanese ideograph inside ㈺; it supplies the call or summons meaning.
Parenthesized ideograph Stock
A parallel Japanese-style enclosed label, used as a compact company or business form.
㈪
Parenthesized ideograph Moon
A matching one-cell weekday label in the same enclosed set, used for Monday.
Questions people ask
1Is ㈺ a phone emoji?
No. It is a text character built around the Japanese ideograph 呼, with a call-or-summons meaning; it does not depict a telephone.
More like this
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How to type or find ㈺
- Search it as
- 呼出 · よびだし · 呼び出し · yobidashi · 組み文字 · compatibility character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㈺CSS
\323AJapanese input
Japanese conversion input may not offer the enclosed form; enter ordinary parentheses around 呼 as (呼) when it does not.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㈺
HTML hex
㈺
CSS content
content: "\323A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%88%BA
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.