How do I type the 〶 circled postal mark symbol?

On Windows, type 3036 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 3036. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for 〶?

Circled Postal Mark is U+3036. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

Will 〶 survive being pasted anywhere?

Not always. Circled Postal Mark is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 〒. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.

U+3036 · Other symbol

Circled Postal Mark Symbol 〶

〶 is circled postal mark, U+3036. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of 〒 (compat form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Also known as

symbol for type B electronics

What Unicode says about 〶

not used as a postal mark

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+3036`
HTML hex	`〶`
HTML decimal	`〶`
CSS	`\3036`
JavaScript	`\u{3036}`
Python	`\U00003036`
Java / C#	`\u3036`
Rust	`\u{3036}`
Swift	`\u{3036}`
PHP	`\u{3036}`
URL encoded	`%E3%80%B6`
UTF-8 bytes	`E3 80 B6`
UTF-16 bytes	`3036`
Base64	`44C2`
Decimal	`12342`
Decomposes to	〒 (compat form)
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 1.1

Will 〶 survive being pasted?

Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites 〶 as 〒. Safe for display, not for storage.
Legacy encodings. 〶 is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.

Unicode cross-references

The standard points readers of 〶 at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.

⮗U+2B97symbol for type a electronics

Nearby in CJK Symbols and Punctuation

The punctuation Chinese, Japanese and Korean typography needs — the ideographic full stop and comma, corner brackets, the iteration mark, and the wave dash.

All 48 characters in CJK Symbols and Punctuation →

How to type 〶

Windows	Type `3036` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “circled postal mark”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `3036`, press `Enter`
HTML	`〶`

About Unicode’s Other symbol category

Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the 〶 circled postal mark symbol?: On Windows, type 3036 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 3036. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for 〶?: Circled Postal Mark is U+3036. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
Will 〶 survive being pasted anywhere?: Not always. Circled Postal Mark is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with 〒. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.