U+32D2 "㋒" Circled Katakana U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋒
U+32D2 "㋒" Circled Katakana U is a graphic symbol belonging to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, specifically representing the katakana syllable "u" (ウ) enclosed within a circle. It is used in East Asian typography, particularly in Japanese text, as a visual label for items such as menus, charts, or instructional diagrams where a compact, circled letter denotes a specific category or step. This character is part of a series of circled katakana characters designed for compatibility with legacy encoding systems, and it occupies a unique code point in Unicode to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32D2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana U |
| 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 | "ウ" U+30A6 Katakana Letter U |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32D2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032D2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32d2 |
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 | "ウ" U+30A6 Katakana Letter U |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ウ" U+30A6 Katakana Letter U |
| 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 |