U+1F156 "🅖" Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter G Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F156 "🅖" Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter G is a typographic symbol that represents a white Latin capital letter G set inside a solid black circle, with the negative or inverse effect creating high contrast for visibility. This character belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, which is commonly used for decorative labeling, lists, or interface elements where a bold, eye-catching marker is needed. It is not intended for regular text but serves as a specialized graphic symbol, often found in signage, badges, or user interface designs to denote a specific category, option, or station identifier.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F156
Version Added 6.0
Name Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter G
Block Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🅖
HTML Hex Encoding 🅖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDD56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F156
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udd56

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD 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
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