U+3244 "㉄" Circled Ideograph Question Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

㉄
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+3244 "㉄" Circled Ideograph Question is a unique symbol from the CJK Compatibility block, representing the Chinese character for "question" enclosed within a circle, and it is primarily used as an ideographic notation in East Asian typography, often appearing in map symbols, signage, or textual annotations to indicate a query or inquiry without relying on the Latin alphabet.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+3244
Version Added
5.2
Name
Circled Ideograph Question
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
"問" U+554F CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
㉄
HTML Hex Encoding
㉄
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE3 0x89 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0x3244
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00003244
C/C++/Java Escape
\u3244

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
"問" U+554F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold
"問" U+554F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Script
Common
Script Extensions
Han
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
Other