U+32D5 "㋕" Circled Katakana Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋕
U+32D5 "㋕" Circled Katakana Ka is a typographic symbol in the Unicode standard that combines the Japanese katakana character "カ" (ka) enclosed within a circle, and it belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" block. This character is primarily used in Japanese writing systems for annotation, list markers, or stylized labels, often appearing in signage, forms, or instructional contexts where a compact, visually distinctive representation for the syllable "ka" is needed. It serves as a specialized adaptation of the standard katakana character, providing a clear and decorative way to denote the sound within enclosed or framed spaces in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32D5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ka |
| 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 | "カ" U+30AB Katakana Letter Ka |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32d5 |
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 | "カ" U+30AB Katakana Letter Ka |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "カ" U+30AB Katakana Letter Ka |
| 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 |