U+32D1 "㋑" Circled Katakana I Unicode Character

U+32D1 "㋑" Circled Katakana I is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and represents the Japanese katakana character "イ" (i) enclosed in a circle. It is commonly used in Japan for various labeling and notation purposes, such as marking items in lists, indicating specific options on forms, or serving as a symbol in instructional or commercial contexts where a clear, compact identifier is needed. The circled design helps to distinguish it from regular text, making it useful for visual organization in menus, signage, or technical documentation, where it functions as a standardized pictographic element within the broader Unicode repertoire.

General Properties

Code Point	U+32D1
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Katakana I
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	"イ" U+30A4 Katakana Letter I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㋑
HTML Hex Encoding	㋑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8B 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0x32D1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000032D1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u32d1

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	"イ" U+30A4 Katakana Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold	"イ" U+30A4 Katakana Letter I
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