What ㌯ means
㌯ is the square pikuru. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the CJK Compatibility block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
㌯ is a single code point, U+332F. In HTML that is ㌯, and in CSS \332F.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ㌯ turn into ピクル?
Because Unicode defines ㌯ as a compatibility form of ピクル. NFKC and NFKD apply that mapping; NFC and NFD preserve the square sign. Avoid NFKC or NFKD when the exact character must remain intact.
How to type ㌯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 332F, then Alt+X to get ㌯.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “square pikuru”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 332f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
㌯CSS
\332FCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㌯
HTML hex
㌯
CSS content
content: "\332F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8C%AF
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.