U+3297 "㊗" Circled Ideograph Congratulation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊗
U+3297 "㊗" Circled Ideograph Congratulation is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph enclosed within a circle, representing the word for "congratulation" or "celebration." This symbol is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and is commonly used in East Asian contexts, particularly in Japanese signage, stamps, or decorative motifs to mark festive occasions such as weddings, promotions, or holidays. Its design combines the traditional character for celebration with a circular enclosure to emphasize the congratulatory meaning, making it easily recognizable in digital and printed media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3297 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Congratulation |
| 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 | "祝" U+795D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3297 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003297 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3297 |
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 | "祝" U+795D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "祝" U+795D 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 |
| Emoji | Yes |
| Extended Pictographic | Yes |