U+32C3 "㋃" Ideographic Telegraph Symbol for April Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

㋃

U+32C3 "㋃" Ideographic Telegraph Symbol for April is a specific code point within the block of CJK Compatibility characters, designed for use in historical telegraph systems in East Asia. It represents the month of April through a stylized combination of the Japanese katakana syllable "ア" (a) for the phonetic start of the month and the kanji "月" (getsuki/gatsu) for "month," typically used in a compact square shape to fit within coded telecommunication formats. This character was included in Unicode to preserve compatibility with older character encoding standards, particularly those used for Japanese telegraphy, where each month has a corresponding unique symbol. Modern usage is rare outside of historical contexts or specialized typography, but it remains a part of the Unicode Standard to ensure faithful representation of legacy data.

General Properties

Code Point	U+32C3
Version Added	1.1
Name	Ideographic Telegraph Symbol for April
Block	Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Compat
Decomposition Mapping	"4" U+0034 Digit Four "月" U+6708 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㋃
HTML Hex Encoding	㋃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8B 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x32C3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000032C3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u32c3

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	"4" U+0034 Digit Four "月" U+6708 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold	"4" U+0034 Digit Four "月" U+6708 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