U+1F120 "🄠" Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Q Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F120 "🄠" Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Q is a typographic symbol belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, designed to represent an uppercase letter Q encircled by parentheses. It is primarily used for notation in specialized contexts such as linguistics, academic referencing, or formatted lists where alphanumeric sequences require clear demarcation, serving as a visually distinct marker that combines the letter Q with the classic parenthetical enclosure. This character helps ensure consistent rendering across digital text systems that support its encoding, though its direct use in everyday writing is rare, as it functions more as a supplementary symbol for structured documentation or annotative systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F120
Version Added 5.2
Name Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Q
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
"Q" U+0051 Latin Capital Letter Q
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🄠
HTML Hex Encoding 🄠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x84 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDD20
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F120
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udd20

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis
"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis
NFKC Simple Casefold "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis
"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other