U+326E "㉮" Circled Hangul Kiyeok A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㉮
U+326E "㉮" Circled Hangul Kiyeok A is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph representing the Korean syllable "가" (ga), which is formed by the initial consonant "kiyeok" (ㄱ) and the vowel "a" (ㅏ), enclosed within a circle. This character belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, and it is primarily used in legacy East Asian text systems, such as in telephone directories, signage, or older computer interfaces, where it served as a typographic convenience for creating circled Korean syllables without the need for combining characters. Its design visually emphasizes the syllable by surrounding it with a circular border, aiding in readability or indexing in contexts like lists or menus.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+326E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Hangul Kiyeok A |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Circled Hangul Ga |
| 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 | "ᄀ" U+1100 Hangul Choseong Kiyeok "ᅡ" U+1161 Hangul Jungseong A |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㉮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㉮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x89 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x326E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000326E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u326e |
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 | "가" U+AC00 Hangul Syllable Ga |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "가" U+AC00 Hangul Syllable Ga |
| 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 |