U+1F140 "🅀" Squared Latin Capital Letter Q Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F140 "🅀" Squared Latin Capital Letter Q is a symbol from the Enclosed Alphanumerics Supplement block, representing a capital letter Q enclosed within a square. It is part of a set of squared Latin letters often used in signage, interface labels, or metadata to denote specific keys, options, or categories, such as in remote control buttons or reference markers. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in version 5.2, released in 2009, and is distinct from combining or stylistic variants, serving as a single code point for clear visual representation in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F140
Version Added 6.0
Name Squared Latin Capital Letter Q
Block Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Square
Decomposition Mapping "Q" U+0051 Latin Capital Letter Q

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🅀
HTML Hex Encoding 🅀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDD40
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F140
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udd40

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 "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
NFKC Simple Casefold "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
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