U+32FC "㋼" Circled Katakana Wi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋼
U+32FC "㋼" Circled Katakana Wi is a specific typographic symbol within the Unicode standard's Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block, representing the katakana syllable "Wi" (ヰ) enclosed within a circle. This character was originally used in Japanese telegraphy and older encoding systems to indicate a single mora within a stylized or space saving format, and it remains part of the Unicode repertoire for historical and data interchange purposes. Its presence supports the accurate representation of legacy text, particularly in contexts where syllabic enclosure was employed for emphasis or formatting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32FC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Wi |
| 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 | "ヰ" U+30F0 Katakana Letter Wi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32FC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32fc |
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 | "ヰ" U+30F0 Katakana Letter Wi |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ヰ" U+30F0 Katakana Letter Wi |
| 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 |