U+337C

Showa era㍼

Showa era is a monochrome text character from the Unicode CJK Compatibility block, listed here under Japanese & CJK Symbols. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "japan", "year".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+337C
Decimal
13180
Hex
0x337C
Octal
0o31574

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+337C
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0SQUARE ERA NAME SYOUWA
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasSQUARED TWO IDEOGRAPHS ERA NAME SYOUWA
DecimalBase 1013180
HexadecimalBase 160x337C
OctalBase 80o31574
BinaryBase 20011001101111100
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+3300–U+33FFCJK Compatibility
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)㍼
HTML entity (hex)㍼
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\337C
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E3%8D%BC

Programming languages

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JavaScript / TypeScript\u337C
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u337C
Python\u337C
Java / C# / Kotlin\u337C

Byte encodings

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UTF-83 bytesE3 8D BC
UTF-16 (BE)337C
UTF-32 (BE)0000337C

How to type Showa era

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +337C with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 337C then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 337C. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Showa era".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 337c, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: ㍼ in HTML, \337C in CSS, and \u337C in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
SQUARE ERA NAME SYOUWA
Unicode 1.0 name
SQUARED TWO IDEOGRAPHS ERA NAME SYOUWA
Block
CJK Compatibility (U+3300–U+33FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the CJK Compatibility block: U3300.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Showa era symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ㍼ and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Showa era?

Showa era is U+337C (decimal 13180, hexadecimal 0x337C, octal 0o31574). It lives in the CJK Compatibility block (U+3300–U+33FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Showa era?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "SQUARE ERA NAME SYOUWA"; its Unicode 1.0 name was "SQUARED TWO IDEOGRAPHS ERA NAME SYOUWA". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Showa era?

Use ㍼ or ㍼. In CSS, use content: "\337C".

How do I type Showa era in code?

JavaScript: "\u337C". Python: "\u337C". JSON and Java: "\u337C". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E3 8D BC.

Is Showa era an emoji?

No. Showa era is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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