U+32A0 "㊠" Circled Ideograph Item Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+32A0 "㊠" Circled Ideograph Item is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) symbol consisting of the ideograph for "item" enclosed within a circle, part of the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block. It is commonly used in East Asian contexts, particularly in lists, menus, or forms, to denote an item or article in a structured way, similar to how numbers or letters are used for enumeration. This character inherits its meaning from the un-encircled ideograph "項" (xiàng in Mandarin, kō in Japanese), which signifies a clause, item, or term, and the circle adds visual emphasis or ordering function. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across platforms, making it useful for signage, documentation, or any text requiring compact, universally recognizable labels.

General Properties

Code Point U+32A0
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Ideograph Item
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 "項" U+9805 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㊠
HTML Hex Encoding ㊠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8A 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x32A0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000032A0
C/C++/Java Escape \u32a0

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 "項" U+9805 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "項" U+9805 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