What ﹫ means
No: it is the small-form version of the ordinary at sign. Unicode maps ﹫ to @ for compatibility with CNS 11643, an East Asian character set. That preserves the small form when converting older text; it does not create another at-sign meaning. If someone sends it, read it as @ unless its size matters to the layout.
How should I use the small at sign?
Use ordinary @ unless you need this exact typographic form. Keep ﹫ when preserving a source document or matching its layout. For email addresses, account names, code, and general text, @ is safer because systems may expect the ordinary character.
Although the glyph looks small, Unicode gives it East Asian Width Wide. Software that uses this property can reserve a full-width display cell for it. Font and layout affect what you see, so the size of the ink alone does not predict its spacing.
Technical and typographic: it signals attention to source fidelity or East Asian text layout, not a change in tone.
For email addresses, account names, and code, use @ unless the system supports ﹫.
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1Does NFKC turn ﹫ into @?
Yes. NFKC and NFKD map this compatibility form to @, erasing the small-form distinction. NFC and NFD preserve it.
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How to type or find ﹫
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- at sign · at symbol · small at · small @ · ﹫ · CNS 11643 · small-form at
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
﹫\FE6B@ inserts the ordinary at sign, not ﹫.Codes and encoding1 code points
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