U+1F113 "🄓" Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter D Unicode Character
U+1F113 "🄓" Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter D is a typographic symbol belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, designed to represent a capital letter D enclosed within parentheses. It was introduced in Unicode version 5.2 as part of a set of parenthesized Latin letters, intended for use in specialized notation systems such as teletext, closed captioning, or other contexts requiring distinct, bracket enclosed alphabetic markers. The character is distinguished from the simple sequence of an opening parenthesis, the letter D, and a closing parenthesis by being a single, atomic code point, which ensures consistent rendering and prevents line breaking or spacing issues that could occur with individual characters. Its primary usage is in legacy communication formats and certain modern applications that require compact, visually cohesive parenthesized letters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F113 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter D |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "D" U+0044 Latin Capital Letter D ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🄓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🄓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x84 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F113 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd13 |