U+32E7 "㋧" Circled Katakana Ne Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋧
U+32E7 "㋧" Circled Katakana Ne is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph that represents the Japanese katakana syllable "ネ" (ne) enclosed within a circle, primarily used as an ideographic symbol in East Asian contexts. This character belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and was encoded to support legacy character sets, allowing for compatibility with earlier Japanese text systems where circled katakana were employed for abbreviation, labeling, or decorative purposes. Its functional use often appears in maps, diagrams, or instructional materials where a compact, visually distinct marker for the sound "ne" is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32E7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ne |
| 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 | "ネ" U+30CD Katakana Letter Ne |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32e7 |
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 | "ネ" U+30CD Katakana Letter Ne |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ネ" U+30CD Katakana Letter Ne |
| 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 |