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 |