U+32D3 "㋓" Circled Katakana E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋓
U+32D3 "㋓" Circled Katakana E is a typographic symbol used in East Asian scripts, representing the Japanese katakana character for the sound "e" (エ) enclosed within a circle. This character is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months Unicode block, which provides a standardized way to render circled versions of katakana characters for compatibility with older text encoding standards and for use in list numbering, labels, or graphic design. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital texts can display this specific symbol consistently across different platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32D3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana E |
| 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 | "エ" U+30A8 Katakana Letter E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32D3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032D3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32d3 |
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 | "エ" U+30A8 Katakana Letter E |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "エ" U+30A8 Katakana Letter E |
| 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 |