U+32E3 "㋣" Circled Katakana To Unicode Character

U+32E3 "㋣" Circled Katakana To is a typographic symbol that consists of the Japanese katakana character "ト" (pronounced "to") enclosed within a circle, and it belongs to the CJK Compatibility block of the Unicode standard, which was designed to encode legacy characters from East Asian computer systems. In practical contexts, this circled katakana is often used in Japanese print media and digital interfaces to represent the concept of "to" in menus, indexes, or instructional materials, such as indicating a destination or a place in maps or charts. Its visual encapsulation differentiates it from the plain katakana character, providing a clear visual marker for alignment, sorting, or emphasis in specialized layouts like telephone directories, packaging codes, or educational resources. The character is rarely used in modern conversational writing but persists in compatibility contexts for compatibility with older Japanese text encoding systems like Shift JIS.