U+3248 "㉈" Circled Number Ten on Black Square Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3248 "㉈" Circled Number Ten on Black Square is a special symbol that represents the number ten enclosed within a black square, designed for use in CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) contexts to indicate quantity or position within a set, such as in lists or indexes. It belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, which provides stylized numerals and characters for compatibility with East Asian typographic traditions. This particular glyph combines a clear numeric value with a bold, contrasting background, making it suitable for signage, instructional materials, or interface elements where emphasis on the number ten is needed.

General Properties

Code Point U+3248
Version Added 5.2
Name Circled Number Ten on Black Square
Block Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㉈
HTML Hex Encoding ㉈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x89 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3248
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003248
C/C++/Java Escape \u3248

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 10
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other