U+32A6 "㊦" Circled Ideograph Low Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊦
U+32A6 "㊦" Circled Ideograph Low is part of the CJK Compatibility block and represents the Japanese word "shita" or "tei," meaning "low" or "below," enclosed within a circle. This symbol is primarily used in East Asian contexts, such as maps, signage, or instructional materials, to indicate a low position or ranking. It is a compatibility ideograph originally derived from the CJK Unified Ideographs for use in legacy character sets, ensuring consistent representation in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32A6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Low |
| 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 | "下" U+4E0B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32a6 |
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 | "下" U+4E0B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "下" U+4E0B 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 |