U+32BC "㊼" Circled Number Forty Seven Unicode Character

U+32BC "㊼" Circled Number Forty Seven is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) enclosed alphanumeric symbol, part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, specifically representing the number 47 inside a circle. It is designed for use in East Asian typography, particularly in Japanese and Chinese contexts, where such circled numerals often appear in lists, charts, or notations to denote ordinal positions or items. Unlike standard digit representations, this character combines numeric value with a visual enclosure, aiding readability in dense text or tables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent rendering across different platforms and fonts for specialized or decorative numbering purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+32BC
Version Added	3.2
Name	Circled Number Forty Seven
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 "7" U+0037 Digit Seven

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㊼
HTML Hex Encoding	㊼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8A 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x32BC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000032BC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u32bc

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	47
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"4" U+0034 Digit Four "7" U+0037 Digit Seven
NFKC Simple Casefold	"4" U+0034 Digit Four "7" U+0037 Digit Seven
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