U+1F142 "🅂" Squared Latin Capital Letter S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🅂
U+1F142 "🅂" Squared Latin Capital Letter S is a graphic symbol classified under the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, designed to represent the letter S enclosed within a square. It is primarily used in decorative, typographic, or interface contexts, such as indicating a specific function, label, or category in icons, signage, or user interface elements. This character is distinct from the standard letter S and serves a specialized role in visual communication, often appearing alongside other squared letters to form coherent sets or sequences in digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F142 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Squared Latin Capital Letter S |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🅂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🅂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F142 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd42 |
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 | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S |
| 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 |