U+32E3 "㋣" Circled Katakana To Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+32E3 "㋣" Circled Katakana To is a typographic symbol that consists of the Japanese katakana character "ト" (pronounced "to") enclosed within a circle, and it belongs to the CJK Compatibility block of the Unicode standard, which was designed to encode legacy characters from East Asian computer systems. In practical contexts, this circled katakana is often used in Japanese print media and digital interfaces to represent the concept of "to" in menus, indexes, or instructional materials, such as indicating a destination or a place in maps or charts. Its visual encapsulation differentiates it from the plain katakana character, providing a clear visual marker for alignment, sorting, or emphasis in specialized layouts like telephone directories, packaging codes, or educational resources. The character is rarely used in modern conversational writing but persists in compatibility contexts for compatibility with older Japanese text encoding systems like Shift JIS.

General Properties

Code Point U+32E3
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Katakana To
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 "ト" U+30C8 Katakana Letter To

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㋣
HTML Hex Encoding ㋣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8B 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x32E3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000032E3
C/C++/Java Escape \u32e3

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 "ト" U+30C8 Katakana Letter To
NFKC Simple Casefold "ト" U+30C8 Katakana Letter To
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