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