U+3265 "㉥" Circled Hangul Pieup Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3265 "㉥" Circled Hangul Pieup is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph that represents the Korean consonant "Pieup" (which corresponds to the letter "ㅂ" in Hangul) enclosed within a circle. It is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, designed for use in East Asian typography where circled characters serve functions like enumeration, lists, or visual emphasis. This character specifically encodes the initial consonant sound of the Korean syllable block, and it is used in contexts such as educational materials, sorting labels, or decorative text. While it is encoded in Unicode for compatibility with older character sets, modern Korean text typically renders the letter without a circle, so U+3265 is primarily employed for specialized or retro styling needs.

General Properties

Code Point U+3265
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Hangul Pieup
Unicode 1.0 Name Circled Hangul Bieub
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 "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㉥
HTML Hex Encoding ㉥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x89 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3265
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003265
C/C++/Java Escape \u3265

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 "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup
NFKC Simple Casefold "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup
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