What ㍕ means
It labels rem for radiation protection.
Japanese writes the unit as レム in katakana, a syllabary; ㍕ packs it into one square cell. Rem adjusts a radiation dose for its effect on tissue; later standards favored the sievert.
Scientific records show rem by 1950. In a 1954 recommendation, the International Commission on Radiological Protection formalized rem for radiation protection. Unicode's date marks the encoded glyph, not the unit's origin.
Technical or archival notation for a radiation unit.
It names a unit, not a standalone radiation warning.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ㍕ 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 ㍕
- Search it as
- rem · レム
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㍕\3355Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.