U+32FE "㋾" Circled Katakana Wo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㋾
U+32FE "㋾" Circled Katakana Wo is a specific encoded symbol that represents the Japanese katakana syllable "wo" (ヲ) enclosed within a circle, intended for use in ideographic and pictographic contexts. It belongs to the CJK Compatibility block, which includes characters adapted for compatibility with older Japanese and East Asian character sets, often used in legacy systems or decorative applications. This character is not commonly employed in standard modern Japanese writing, but it appears in specialized contexts such as karaoke lyrics, game interfaces, or illustrative signage to denote the syllable "wo" in a visually distinct, enclosed format.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+32FE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Katakana Wo |
| 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 | "ヲ" U+30F2 Katakana Letter Wo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㋾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㋾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x8B 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x32FE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000032FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u32fe |
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 | "ヲ" U+30F2 Katakana Letter Wo |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ヲ" U+30F2 Katakana Letter Wo |
| 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 |