U+32B9 "㊹" Circled Number Forty Four Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㊹
U+32B9 "㊹" Circled Number Forty Four is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic character that represents the number 44 enclosed within a circle, used primarily in East Asian contexts for visual enumeration, such as in lists, competition rankings, or signage within crowded numbering systems. This character belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block, which contains circled and parenthesized ideographs for common numbers, providing a compact and culturally consistent way to denote numeric values in a square or circular form. Unlike regular Western numerals, it is designed to align with the square-shaped character grid of East Asian typography, ensuring uniform appearance in documents and digital interfaces.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32B9 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Circled Number Forty Four |
| Block | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "4" U+0034 Digit Four "4" U+0034 Digit Four |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㊹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㊹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8A 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32b9 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 44 |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "4" U+0034 Digit Four "4" U+0034 Digit Four |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "4" U+0034 Digit Four "4" U+0034 Digit Four |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |