U+32EA "㋪" Circled Katakana Hi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+32EA "㋪" Circled Katakana Hi is a specific glyph from the CJK Compatibility block that represents the katakana syllable "hi" (ヒ) enclosed within a circle, primarily used in Japanese typography for labels, marks, or notation systems such as those found in maps, menus, or instructional diagrams. This character is part of a larger set of circled katakana symbols that were originally encoded for compatibility with pre-existing Japanese character sets and legacy encoding standards, allowing for consistent representation of abbreviated or enclosed phonetic marks in digital text. While it falls outside the basic Unicode range for modern Japanese writing, it serves a specialized purpose in contexts where space-saving or visual distinction is needed without relying on formatting or graphic elements.

General Properties

Code Point U+32EA
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Katakana Hi
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 "ヒ" U+30D2 Katakana Letter Hi

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㋪
HTML Hex Encoding ㋪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8B 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x32EA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000032EA
C/C++/Java Escape \u32ea

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 "ヒ" U+30D2 Katakana Letter Hi
NFKC Simple Casefold "ヒ" U+30D2 Katakana Letter Hi
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