U+32AC "㊬" Circled Ideograph Supervise Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊬
U+32AC "㊬" Circled Ideograph Supervise is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph enclosed within a circle, specifically representing the concept of "supervise" or "oversee." This symbol is part of the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block in Unicode, which includes various ideographs and characters used in East Asian scripts for abbreviation, notation, or decorative purposes. The enclosed form often appears in contexts such as signage, stamps, or lists where a compact, visually distinct marker for supervision or inspection is needed. Its design combines the core ideograph "督" (meaning to supervise or direct) with a circular enclosure that emphasizes its function as a symbolic label rather than a standalone character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32AC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Supervise |
| 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 | "監" U+76E3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32ac |
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 | "監" U+76E3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "監" U+76E3 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 |