U+3194 "㆔" Ideographic Annotation Three Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㆔
U+3194 "㆔" Ideographic Annotation Three Mark is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) symbol used primarily in annotation systems to represent the number three. It belongs to a set of ideographic annotation marks that serve as shorthand within scholarly or textual contexts, often appearing in older or specialized documents to indicate a third item, reference, or division. Unlike standard numerical digits, this mark retains a visual connection to traditional Chinese characters, functioning as a compact and stylized notation within East Asian typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3194 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Ideographic Annotation Three Mark |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Kaeriten San |
| Block | Kanbun |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "三" U+4E09 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㆔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㆔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x86 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3194 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003194 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3194 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 3 |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "三" U+4E09 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "三" U+4E09 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Han |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |