U+1F130 "🄰" Squared Latin Capital Letter A Unicode Character

U+1F130 "🄰" Squared Latin Capital Letter A is a typographic symbol from the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, designed to represent the letter "A" enclosed within a square. It is commonly used in contexts requiring clear visual labels, such as in diagrams, sorting lists, or as a placeholder for an option in interfaces and signage. This character belongs to a series of squared Latin capital letters from A to Z, allowing for consistent formatting in text where a standard capital "A" might be too plain or where a distinct enclosure is needed for emphasis or categorization. Despite its square appearance, it is not a true emoji but rather a text character that can be rendered in many fonts and interpreted by modern systems as a neutral, functional symbol.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F130
Version Added	6.0
Name	Squared Latin Capital Letter A
Block	Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Square
Decomposition Mapping	"A" U+0041 Latin Capital Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🄰
HTML Hex Encoding	🄰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x84 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDD30
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F130
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udd30

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
Uppercase	Yes
Other Uppercase	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Upper