U+324B "㉋" Circled Number Forty on Black Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㉋
U+324B "㉋" Circled Number Forty on Black Square is a specialized typographic symbol belonging to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, designed for use in contexts where a visually distinct, enclosed numeric label is required. Its appearance combines the number 40, rendered in white or light type, inside a circular outline, which is itself set against a filled black square background, creating a high-contrast icon. This character is primarily employed in East Asian environments, such as in lists, calendars, or signage, to denote the fortieth item or day, and it functions similarly to other enclosed alphanumeric symbols, offering a clear and compact representation without relying on markup or images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+324B |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Circled Number Forty 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 | ㉋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㉋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x89 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x324B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000324B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u324b |