What ㈵ means
It is a compact Japanese abbreviation meaning “special.”
The character compresses the parenthesized sequence (特) into one text character. Japan’s JIS X 0208 (1990) and Taiwan’s CNS 11643 are character-set standards; together with corporate registries, they trace its use in text and organization labels.
What if someone sends ㈵?
It points to an organization label, not a chat reaction.
A 1998 Japanese nonprofit-sector discussion records disagreement over whether (特) stood for a special corporation or a specified nonprofit. An article dated August 23, 2001, describes the shorthand in use for nonprofits. The surrounding organization name helps distinguish the two.
Formal Japanese organization shorthand.
The abbreviation alone does not identify the organization type.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsShorthand for a special corporation.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why did ㈵ become (特)?
NFKC compatibility normalization expands ㈵ into the ordinary three-character sequence (特).
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How to type or find ㈵
- Also called
- (特)
- Search it as
- tokushu · NPO abbreviation · Japanese company abbreviation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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