What ㏀ means
It means kΩ, or kilohm. The square changes the cell shape, not the unit.
The format let unit abbreviations fit East Asian fixed-grid text, where each cell matched the width of a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character. packs MΩ (megaohm) into the same kind of cell; does so for kHz (kilohertz).
Don't confuse it with
1kΩ Same unit and reading; kΩ uses two ordinary characters, while ㏀ occupies one square cell.
Related characters
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Square M Ohm
Another square-unit character from the same East Asian fixed-cell set; it packs MΩ (megaohm) into one cell.
㎑
Square Khz
A square-unit character from the same set; it packs kHz (kilohertz) into one cell.
Greek Capital Letter Omega
The ohm sign (U+2126), the base unit ㏀ multiplies by a thousand; it normalizes to Greek Ω.
Combination ideas
2A 10 kΩ resistor.
Resistance in kiloohms.
Questions people ask
1Why does ㏀ turn into kΩ?
Because it is a compatibility character: Unicode NFKC text normalization expands the square form to kΩ.
More like this
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Collections with ㏀
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How to type or find ㏀
- Search it as
- kΩ · k ohm · kilohm · kiloohm · kilo-ohm symbol · square k ohm · U+33C0
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㏀CSS
\33C0Unicode or HTML
In code, use \u33C0; in HTML, use ㏀.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㏀
HTML hex
㏀
CSS content
content: "\33C0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8F%80
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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.