U+32F8 "㋸" Circled Katakana Ru Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋸
U+32F8 "㋸" Circled Katakana Ru is part of the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, representing the Japanese katakana syllable "ru" enclosed within a circle. This character is primarily used in East Asian typography for labeling, list notation, or diagram symbols where a compact, visually distinct representation of the syllable is needed, such as in maps, schedules, or educational materials. It follows the same design convention as other circled katakana characters, providing a consistent style for organizing information in a simple, monochrome format.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32F8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Ru |
| 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 | "ル" U+30EB Katakana Letter Ru |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32f8 |
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 | "ル" U+30EB Katakana Letter Ru |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ル" U+30EB Katakana Letter Ru |
| 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 |