U+32DE "㋞" Circled Katakana So Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋞
U+32DE "㋞" Circled Katakana So is a typographic variant of the Japanese katakana syllable "ソ" (so) enclosed within a surrounding circle, and it belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block. Originally encoded for compatibility with Japanese industrial standards, this character is used in contexts where a compact, visually distinct representation of "so" is needed, such as in maps, charts, or telecommunication symbols. Its design helps differentiate the syllable from similar characters and supports the consistent formatting of circled text in East Asian typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32DE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana So |
| 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 | "ソ" U+30BD Katakana Letter So |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32DE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032DE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32de |
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 | "ソ" U+30BD Katakana Letter So |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ソ" U+30BD Katakana Letter So |
| 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 |