What ㎅ means
It represents KB; the square is only a layout form.
It let a Latin abbreviation fit one character position beside Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text. The MacJapanese mapping, an older encoding for Japanese text, includes it; Unicode retained it for compatibility.
Compatibility text conversion (NFKC) can turn ㎅ into plain “KB,” dropping its frame.
A legacy fullwidth unit form for East Asian text.
Questions people ask
1Does ㎅ mean 1,000 or 1,024 bytes?
Neither by itself: KB has been used for both. Use kB for 1,000 bytes or KiB for 1,024 when the distinction matters.
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How to type or find ㎅
- Search it as
- kb · kilobyte · fullwidth kb · MacJapanese
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㎅CSS
\3385How do I type ㎅?
In an editor with Unicode code-point entry, enter U3385.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㎅
HTML hex
㎅
CSS content
content: "\3385";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8E%85
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.