U+32F3 "㋳" Circled Katakana Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋳
U+32F3 "㋳" Circled Katakana Ya is a typographic symbol that represents the Japanese katakana character "ヤ" (ya), enclosed in a circle, and is part of the CJK Compatibility block, specifically designed for compatibility with older East Asian character encodings used in telephone directories or other early digital systems. This character serves as a visual marker, often employed in Japanese writing for abbreviated labels, maps, or signs, where combining circled katakana helps indicate a specific phonetic sound or category in a compact, easily distinguishable form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32F3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ya |
| 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 | "ヤ" U+30E4 Katakana Letter Ya |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32F3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032F3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32f3 |
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 | "ヤ" U+30E4 Katakana Letter Ya |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ヤ" U+30E4 Katakana Letter Ya |
| 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 |