What ㏍ means
It stands for K.K., short for kabushiki kaisha, a Japanese joint-stock company.
This Japanese company abbreviation uses the fullwidth form of KK: the two letters fit into one character cell in fixed-width Japanese text.
Does the square change what it means?
No; it changes the layout, not the company type. Compatibility normalization—a text conversion that smooths out special formatting—can turn ㏍ into plain KK.
As of 2026, Japan’s e-Gov application guidance lists ㏍ as machine-dependent: whether a form accepts it depends on its software. It recommends K.K. as the fallback.
Legacy fixed-width abbreviation for Japanese business text.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ㏍ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ㏍
- Also called
- K.K.
- Search it as
- ㏍ meaning · K.K. abbreviation · Japanese company form · fullwidth KK · ㏍ normalization · ㏍ fallback
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
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