U+3245 "㉅" Circled Ideograph Kindergarten Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㉅
U+3245 "㉅" Circled Ideograph Kindergarten is a specific encoded symbol that represents the Chinese character for "child" or "kindergarten" enclosed within a circle, used primarily in East Asian contexts such as signage, educational materials, or informational graphics to denote a kindergarten or child-related facility. It belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, which contains various circled and parenthesized ideographic characters for compatibility with legacy encoding standards. This character serves as a concise visual marker, often appearing on maps, public signs, or in text where a pictographic shortcut for a kindergarten is needed, avoiding the need for full Chinese characters or lengthy descriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3245 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Kindergarten |
| Block | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "幼" U+5E7C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㉅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㉅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x89 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3245 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003245 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3245 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "幼" U+5E7C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "幼" U+5E7C 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 |