U+3278 "㉸" Circled Hangul Khieukh A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3278 "㉸" Circled Hangul Khieukh A is a typographic symbol that encodes the Korean syllable "khieukh a" (the consonant ᄏ with the vowel ㅏ) enclosed within a circle, part of the CJK Compatibility block used for compatibility with legacy East Asian character sets. This character is not typically used in modern Korean text, but it appears in historical or specialized contexts such as early computer systems or compatibility mappings, where it represents a precomposed form of the circled Hangul syllable for technical processing. Its design reflects a standard squared circle surrounding the consonant vowel combination, ensuring consistent rendering in environments that require fixed width or enclosed symbols for list markers or decorative purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+3278
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Hangul Khieukh A
Unicode 1.0 Name Circled Hangul Ka
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 "ᄏ" U+110F Hangul Choseong Khieukh
"ᅡ" U+1161 Hangul Jungseong A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㉸
HTML Hex Encoding ㉸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x89 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3278
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003278
C/C++/Java Escape \u3278

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 "카" U+CE74 Hangul Syllable Ka
NFKC Simple Casefold "카" U+CE74 Hangul Syllable Ka
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