Weird SQUARE BOXES in updated fields

I updates few hundreds of records by multiple updte statements where i copied and inserted values.
I think I left some blank spaces .. i donno but ...
When i SELECT everything from what i updated I see some weird boxes (ONE SQUARE SHAPE BOX) next to the value
Ex: 234567'SQUARE BOX' ----> shape in place of 'SQUARE BOX'
Ex; AGIES'SQUARE BOX' -----> shape in place of 'SQUARE BOX'
But when i select and copy it and paste it into text pad it shows up as 234567 with cursor after few spaces
same is teh case with varchar field.
I tried RTRIM
but no use.
Please suggest

would a regexp replace work. [:cntrl:] are the nonprinting or control characters so maybe
regexp_replace(yourvalue,'[[:cntrl:]]' )

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