U+1F146 "🅆" Squared Latin Capital Letter W Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F146 "🅆" Squared Latin Capital Letter W is part of the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, which was introduced in Unicode version 5.2 in 2009. This character is designed to represent the uppercase letter W enclosed within a square or box, often used as a visual indicator for the letter W in contexts such as signage, maps, user interface labels, or emoji-style text formatting. Like other squared Latin letters, it serves as a stylistic or symbolic alternative to a standard capital W, helping to convey meaning in limited space or within enclosed iconographic systems. While not as commonly used as some other enclosed characters, it follows the same design principle as other squared letters and is available for use in digital text and applications that support the Unicode standard.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F146
Version Added 5.2
Name Squared Latin Capital Letter W
Block Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Square
Decomposition Mapping "W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🅆
HTML Hex Encoding 🅆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDD46
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F146
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udd46

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 "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
NFKC Simple Casefold "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
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