U+329D "㊝" Circled Ideograph Excellent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊝
U+329D "㊝" Circled Ideograph Excellent is a CJK compatibility ideograph that represents a Chinese character meaning "excellent" or "superior" enclosed within a circle. This symbol is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, often used in East Asian contexts to denote high quality, approval, or top tier status, similar to a gold star or an "A+" grade. Its design combines the ideograph for excellence with a circular enclosure, making it visually distinct for use in lists, ratings, or decorative text where space is limited and immediate recognition of merit is desired.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+329D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Excellent |
| 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 | "優" U+512A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x329D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000329D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u329d |
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 | "優" U+512A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "優" U+512A 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 |