U+3281 "㊁" Circled Ideograph Two Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3281 "㊁" Circled Ideograph Two is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) symbol that combines the numeral or character for "two" with a surrounding circle, often used in East Asian contexts for enumeration, lists, or annotations. It belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block, which includes circled ideographs for numbers and other common symbols. In Japanese, it may be employed as a stylized marker, such as in some forms of writing or decorative text, while in Chinese it can appear in informal or culturally specific notations, like naming conventions for certain sequences. The circled form adds visual emphasis, distinguishing it from the plain ideograph "二" (two), and its usage parallels that of other circled numbers in the same block, such as U+3280 for one. Designed for compatibility with legacy character sets, it is supported across modern computing systems for display in proper typographic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+3281
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Ideograph Two
Block Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Circle
Decomposition Mapping "二" U+4E8C CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㊁
HTML Hex Encoding ㊁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8A 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3281
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003281
C/C++/Java Escape \u3281

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 2
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "二" U+4E8C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "二" U+4E8C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Script Common
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other