U+32ED "㋭" Circled Katakana Ho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋭
U+32ED "㋭" Circled Katakana Ho is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, specifically representing the Japanese katakana character "ホ" (ho) enclosed in a circle for clear visual distinction. It is used primarily in Japanese typography and signage, sometimes as a symbol for a specific element in lists or diagrams, or as part of coded notation in certain contexts like Japanese industrial standards. This character is one of several circled katakana available in Unicode to facilitate compact and stylized text representation without relying on graphical images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32ED |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ho |
| 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 | "ホ" U+30DB Katakana Letter Ho |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32ED |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032ED |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32ed |
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 | "ホ" U+30DB Katakana Letter Ho |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ホ" U+30DB Katakana Letter Ho |
| 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 |