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	== Unicode characters ==		== Unicode characters ==

	Unicode has several characters used to represent metric area units, but these are for compatibility with East Asian character encodings and are not meant to be used in new documents.		Unicode has several characters used to represent metric area units, but these are for compatibility with East Asian character encodings and are not meant to be used in new documents.<ref name="Unicode-U3300">{{cite web \|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3300.pdf \|access-date=May 24, 2019 \|title=The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱ \|author=Unicode Consortium \|author-link=Unicode Consortium \|date=2019 \|website=Unicode.org}}</ref>
			* {{unichar\|33A1\|Square M Squared)}}

			* {{unichar\|33A2\|Square KM Squared}}
	{\| class="wikitable"
			* {{unichar\|3378\|Square DM Squared}}
	\|+Square metre: Unicode characters.<ref name="Unicode-U3300">{{cite web \|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3300.pdf \|access-date=May 24, 2019 \|title=The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱ \|author=Unicode Consortium \|author-link=Unicode Consortium \|date=2019 \|website=Unicode.org}}</ref>
			* {{unichar\|33A0\|Square CM Squared}}
	\|-
			* {{unichar\|339F\|Square MM Squared}}
	! Symbol
	! Name
	! Unicode number
	\|-
	\| ㎡
	\| Square metre (Square M Squared)
	\| U+33A1
	\|-
	\| ㎢
	\| Square kilometre (Square KM Squared)
	\| U+33A2
	\|-
	\| ㍸
	\| Square decimetre (Square DM Squared)
	\| U+3378
	\|-
	\| ㎠
	\| Square centimetre (Square CM Squared)
	\| U+33A0
	\|-
	\| ㎟
	\| Square millimetre (Square MM Squared)
	\| U+339F
	\|}

	==Conversions==		==Conversions==

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SI-derived unit of area "m^2" redirects here. For other uses, see m² (disambiguation).

Square metre
Unit system	SI
Unit of	area
Symbol	m² or ㎡

The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the SI derived unit of area with symbol m. It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length.

Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates multiples and submultiples; however, as the unit is exponentiated, the quantities grow exponentially by the corresponding power of 10. For example, 1 kilometre is 10 (one thousand) times the length of 1 metre, but 1 square kilometre is (10) (10, one million) times the area of 1 square metre, and 1 cubic kilometre is (10) (10, one billion) cubic metres.

SI prefixes applied

The square metre may be used with all SI prefixes used with the metre.

Multiplication	Name	Symbol	Multiplication	Name	Symbol
10	square metre (centiare)	m	10	square metre (centiare)	m
10	square decametre (are)	dam	10	square decimetre	dm
10	square hectometre (hectare)	hm	10	square centimetre	cm
10	square kilometre	km	10	square millimetre	mm
10	square megametre	Mm	10	square micrometre	µm
10	square gigametre	Gm	10	square nanometre	nm
10	square terametre	Tm	10	square picometre	pm
10	square petametre	Pm	10	square femtometre	fm
10	square exametre	Em	10	square attometre	am
10	square zettametre	Zm	10	square zeptometre	zm
10	square yottametre	Ym	10	square yoctometre	ym

Unicode characters

Unicode has several characters used to represent metric area units, but these are for compatibility with East Asian character encodings and are not meant to be used in new documents.