U+32A4 "㊤" Circled Ideograph High Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊤
U+32A4 "㊤" Circled Ideograph High is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) symbol that features the ideograph for "above" or "high" (上) enclosed within a circle, designed for use in East Asian typography to indicate a ranking, grade, or status. This character is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and is commonly employed in contexts such as competitive rankings, exam results, or product quality levels, where it signifies the highest or topmost tier. Its visual compactness and cultural familiarity make it a practical alternative to writing out the full word "high" in enclosed text fields, menus, or labels.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32A4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph High |
| 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 | "上" U+4E0A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32a4 |
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 | "上" U+4E0A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "上" U+4E0A 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 |