U+32F5 "㋵" Circled Katakana Yo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+32F5 "㋵" Circled Katakana Yo is a precomposed CJK compatibility ideograph that represents the Japanese katakana syllable "Yo" enclosed within a circle, designed for use in East Asian typography, particularly in maps, signage, and other simplified notation systems where distinguishing labels or categories is necessary. It belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, which was introduced in Unicode 1.1, and its compatibility context stems from legacy Japanese character sets where such circled forms were standardized for ease of display in limited character grids. While visually similar to a regular katakana Yo modified by an enclosing circle, this encoded version ensures consistent rendering across platforms without relying on combining characters or font-specific styling.

General Properties

Code Point U+32F5
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Katakana Yo
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 "ヨ" U+30E8 Katakana Letter Yo

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㋵
HTML Hex Encoding ㋵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x8B 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x32F5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000032F5
C/C++/Java Escape \u32f5

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 "ヨ" U+30E8 Katakana Letter Yo
NFKC Simple Casefold "ヨ" U+30E8 Katakana Letter Yo
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