What ㎽ means
It means milliwatt: one-thousandth of a watt.
The square is a layout feature: two Latin letters fit in one East Asian character cell.
A 1992 reproduction of Korea’s KS X 1001, a Korean character-set standard, lists it among technical unit symbols.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
2mW The ordinary two-letter spelling of the same unit.
Questions people ask
1Why did my software change ㎽ to mW?
Compatibility normalization can do that: NFKC or NFKD can replace this compatibility character with mW, leaving the unit’s meaning unchanged.
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How to type or find ㎽
- Search it as
- mW · milliwatt
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㎽CSS
\33BDHow do I type ㎽?
JavaScript or JSON string:
\u33BD becomes ㎽. This is a code escape, not a keyboard shortcut.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㎽
HTML hex
㎽
CSS content
content: "\33BD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8E%BD
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.