U+3242 "㉂" Parenthesized Ideograph Self Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㉂
U+3242 "㉂" Parenthesized Ideograph Self is a typographic symbol that consists of the Chinese or Japanese character for "self" (自) enclosed within parentheses, classified under the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block. This character is used in East Asian contexts, often in lists, annotations, or formal documents to denote a specific idea of self, such as in personal forms or schedules where a parenthesized ideograph provides a compact, visual reference for the concept without writing the full word. It serves as a functional linguistic tool that conveys meaning through its enclosed structure, maintaining clarity in traditional and digital text environments while preserving the ideographic nature of the original character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3242 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Ideograph Self |
| Block | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "自" U+81EA CJK Unified Ideograph-# ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㉂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㉂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x89 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3242 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003242 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3242 |