U+32FB "㋻" Circled Katakana Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋻
U+32FB "㋻" Circled Katakana Wa is a typographic symbol that consists of the Japanese katakana character "ワ" (wa) enclosed within a circle, representing a single code point in the Unicode standard. It belongs to the Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block and is primarily used in East Asian contexts, such as signage and lists, to denote the first syllable of "wa" in a visually distinct manner, often within sequences or specifications requiring a circular enclosure for emphasis or ordering.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32FB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Wa |
| 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 | "ワ" U+30EF Katakana Letter Wa |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32FB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32fb |
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 | "ワ" U+30EF Katakana Letter Wa |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ワ" U+30EF Katakana Letter Wa |
| 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 |