What ⮗ means
It classifies certain Japanese appliances as Type A.
The Type A electronics mark pairs with 〶 for Type B. The categories distinguish appliance types by electrical-accident risk; neither label means USB.
Japan's postal mark 〒, introduced in 1887, supplied its outline. One account links 〒 to stylized テ, the Japanese sign for the syllable “te”; another says a T was redesigned after confusion over T's postal use. ⮗'s outline follows its display font.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions 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.
How to type ⮗
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2B97, then Alt+X to get ⮗.
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 “symbol for type a electronics”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2b97, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⮗CSS
\2B97Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⮗
HTML hex
⮗
CSS content
content: "\2B97";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AE%97
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.