What ㍀ means
It means “pound,” written in Japanese as ポンド.
Unicode groups it with square Japanese unit forms, designed to place the whole word in one square text cell, the width of a typical East Asian character. That explains its shape, not when the word “pound” began. Nearby words show whether ㍀ refers to money or weight.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA pound currency amount; identifies pound sterling more clearly.
Questions people ask
1Why does ㍀ 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 ㍀
- Also called
- pondo · ポンド
- Search it as
- pound sign · pound symbol · lb · £ · 組文字
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㍀CSS
\3340iPhone
Can't find ㍀ on iPhone? As of 2026, ordinary Japanese conversion may not offer it; try a Unicode-enabled character picker or input app.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㍀
HTML hex
㍀
CSS content
content: "\3340";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%8D%80
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.