U+3261 "㉡" Circled Hangul Nieun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3261 "㉡" Circled Hangul Nieun is a specific symbol within the Unicode standard that represents the Korean consonant "Nieun" (ㄴ), which corresponds to the sound "n", enclosed in a circle. This character is part of a set of circled Hangul Jamo characters used primarily in East Asian typography and legacy computer systems, particularly for compatibility with older Korean text encoding schemes like KS X 1001. Unlike modern Hangul syllables, which are composed of more complex combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants, this simple circled form serves as a standalone glyph for decorative or indexing purposes. Its appearance consists of the slender, angular "ㄴ" shape centered inside a full circle, and it is classified under the Unicode block "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" (U+3200–U+32FF), which contains similarly circled Korean and Japanese characters. The inclusion of U+3261 in Unicode ensures that such traditional formatting can be accurately represented and excha

General Properties

Code Point U+3261
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Hangul Nieun
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 "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㉡
HTML Hex Encoding ㉡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x89 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3261
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003261
C/C++/Java Escape \u3261

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 "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun
NFKC Simple Casefold "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other