U+32A5 "㊥" Circled Ideograph Centre Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊥
U+32A5 "㊥" Circled Ideograph Centre is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph enclosed within a circle, specifically representing the character for "centre" or "middle" (中). This symbol is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, and it is commonly used in East Asian contexts as a visual marker or label, often appearing on maps, signs, or in written lists to denote a central location, a midpoint in a sequence, or a neutral status. Its design combines the enclosed circle with the straightforward meaning of the ideograph, making it a compact and recognizable icon for indicating centrality or average.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32A5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Centre |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Circled Ideograph Center |
| 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 | "中" U+4E2D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32A5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032A5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32a5 |
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 | "中" U+4E2D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "中" U+4E2D 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 |