U+32D4 "㋔" Circled Katakana O Unicode Character

U+32D4 "㋔" Circled Katakana O is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, representing the Katakana syllable "o" (オ) enclosed within a circle. It is used in Japanese typographic contexts, such as in public signage, maps, or lists, to indicate an item or point in a sequence, similar to how circled numbers or letters function in Western scripts. This character belongs to a larger set of circled Katakana characters that provide a visually distinct way to denote choices, stations, or steps in a structured layout, blending traditional script with modern enclosed symbol conventions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+32D4
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Katakana O
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	"オ" U+30AA Katakana Letter O

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	㋔
HTML Hex Encoding	㋔
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x8B 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0x32D4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000032D4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u32d4

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	"オ" U+30AA Katakana Letter O
NFKC Simple Casefold	"オ" U+30AA Katakana Letter O
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