U+32D0 "㋐" Circled Katakana A Unicode Character

U+32D0 "㋐" Circled Katakana A is a visual symbol that combines the Japanese katakana character "ア" (a) enclosed within a circle, used primarily in East Asian typography for aesthetic or organizational purposes. It belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block, which includes circled katakana and other enclosed ideographs common in Japanese writing for lists, calendars, or numeric indicators. This specific character represents the first vowel sound in Japanese and may appear in contexts like educational materials, decorative text, or chart labels where a compact, marked element is needed. Its encoding supports interoperability across digital platforms, ensuring consistent representation in documents and online content that require this specialized glyph.

General Properties

Code Point	U+32D0
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Katakana A
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	"ア" U+30A2 Katakana Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㋐
HTML Hex Encoding	㋐
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8B 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding	0x32D0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000032D0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u32d0

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	"ア" U+30A2 Katakana Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ア" U+30A2 Katakana Letter A
Script	Katakana
Script Extensions	Katakana
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Katakana
Sentence Break	Other