U+32AF "㊯" Circled Ideograph Alliance Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊯
U+32AF "㊯" Circled Ideograph Alliance is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic symbol enclosed in a circle, representing the character for "alliance" or "league" (often derived from the Chinese character 盟, méng). This character belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block and is typically used in East Asian typography for decorative or indexing purposes, such as in lists, maps, or signage where a compact, visually distinct representation of the concept of alliance is needed. It is part of a set of circled ideographs that provide an alternative, stylized form for common words in traditional writing systems, though its practical usage today is limited largely to specialized contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32AF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Ideograph Alliance |
| 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 | "協" U+5354 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32af |
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 | "協" U+5354 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "協" U+5354 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 |