U+1F143 "🅃" Squared Latin Capital Letter T Unicode Character

U+1F143 "🅃" Squared Latin Capital Letter T is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, which includes various letters and numbers enclosed within squares, circles, or other shapes for use in signage, user interfaces, and metadata systems. It specifically represents a capital letter T placed inside a square, often adopted as an icon for a telephone, a transportation mode such as a train or subway stop, or a generic action like "tap" or "talk," depending on the context in which it is displayed. This character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of version 6.0 to standardize such symbolic representations across digital platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F143
Version Added	6.0
Name	Squared Latin Capital Letter T
Block	Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Square
Decomposition Mapping	"T" U+0054 Latin Capital Letter T

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🅃
HTML Hex Encoding	🅃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDD43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F143
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udd43

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	"t" U+0074 Latin Small Letter T
NFKC Simple Casefold	"t" U+0074 Latin Small Letter T
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