CJK Compatibility

<p>CJK Compatibility is a <a href="/facts/Unicode_block/0RrzJWhE">Unicode block</a> containing square symbols (both CJK and Latin alphanumeric) encoded for compatibility with East Asian character sets. In Unicode 1.0, it was divided into two blocks, named CJK Squared Words (U+3300–U+337F) and CJK Squared Abbreviations (U+3380–U+33FF).
The square forms can have different presentations when they are used in horizontal or <a href="/facts/Vertical_text/oNEP9zSk">vertical text</a>. 
For example, the characters U+333E ㌾ SQUARE BORUTO (from ボルト) and U+3327 ㌧ SQUARE TON (from トン) should look different in horizontal and in vertical right-to-left: ㌧㌾
</p><p>Characters U+337B through U+337E are the <a href="/facts/Japanese_era_name/rzgRT7NF">Japanese era calendar scheme</a> symbols <a href="/facts/Heisei/QHtBwPTu">Heisei</a> (㍻), <a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Dwa_(1926%25E2%2580%25931989)/WabQaYtz">Shōwa</a> (㍼), <a href="/facts/Taish%25C5%258D/9xYDogLf">Taishō</a> (㍽) and <a href="/facts/Meiji_(era)/Ajr5VCQ5">Meiji</a> (㍾) (also available in certain legacy sets, such as the "<a href="/facts/JIS_X_0208/c74FolNC">NEC special characters</a>" extension for <a href="/facts/JIS_X_0208/c74FolNC">JIS X 0208</a>, as included in <a href="/facts/Code_page_932_(Microsoft_Windows)/XcwTNKIc">Microsoft's version</a> and later <a href="/facts/JIS_X_0213/Dj6wFxLk">JIS X 0213</a>). The <a href="/facts/Reiwa/kqysnkqC">Reiwa</a> era symbol (U+32FF ㋿ SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA) is in <a href="/facts/Enclosed_CJK_Letters_and_Months/HmWYfXsz">Enclosed CJK Letters and Months</a> (the CJK Compatibility block having been fully allocated by the time of its commencement).
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CJK Compatibility