U+32D7 "㋗" Circled Katakana Ku Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋗
U+32D7 "㋗" Circled Katakana Ku is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and represents the Japanese katakana syllable "ku" enclosed within a circle. It is used primarily in Japanese typography and signage for decorative or organizational purposes, such as labeling items, marking categories, or highlighting the syllable in educational or commercial contexts. This character, like others in its block, follows the design convention of enclosing a standard katakana character within a circular boundary to enhance visual prominence and readability in specialized applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32D7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ku |
| 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 | "ク" U+30AF Katakana Letter Ku |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32D7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032D7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32d7 |
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 | "ク" U+30AF Katakana Letter Ku |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ク" U+30AF Katakana Letter Ku |
| 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 |