U+32E1 "㋡" Circled Katakana Tu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋡
U+32E1 "㋡" Circled Katakana Tu is a visual glyph that combines the Japanese katakana syllable "ツ" (tsu) enclosed within a circle, designed primarily for compatibility with East Asian text encoding standards. It belongs to the "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" Unicode block and is used in certain typographic contexts, such as decorative or stylized signage, but has gained notable popularity in internet culture as a stand in for a smiling face due to its resemblance to a cheerful emoticon with a round head and eyes. This character thus serves both a functional role in Japanese text formatting and a creative role in digital communication as a unique emoticon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32E1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Tu |
| 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 | "ツ" U+30C4 Katakana Letter Tu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32e1 |
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 | "ツ" U+30C4 Katakana Letter Tu |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ツ" U+30C4 Katakana Letter Tu |
| 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 |