U+3252 "㉒" Circled Number Twenty Two Unicode Character

U+3252 "㉒" Circled Number Twenty Two is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph, part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, which represents the number 22 enclosed within a circle. It was included in Unicode primarily for compatibility with legacy East Asian character sets, such as those used in Japanese typography for numbering lists, calendar dates, or other notation systems where a circular number is required. This character should not be confused with the modern approach of combining a regular digit with a combining enclosing circle, as U+3252 is a single, indivisible code point that ensures consistent visual rendering across different platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+3252
Version Added	3.2
Name	Circled Number Twenty Two
Block	Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Decomposition Type	Circle
Decomposition Mapping	"2" U+0032 Digit Two "2" U+0032 Digit Two

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㉒
HTML Hex Encoding	㉒
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x89 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding	0x3252
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00003252
C/C++/Java Escape	\u3252

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	22
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"2" U+0032 Digit Two "2" U+0032 Digit Two
NFKC Simple Casefold	"2" U+0032 Digit Two "2" U+0032 Digit Two
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