U+1F16E "🅮" Circled C with Overlaid Backslash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🅮
U+1F16E "🅮" Circled C with Overlaid Backslash is a rarely used symbol that represents the "copyleft" licensing concept, serving as a counterpart to the more common copyright symbol (©) by allowing unrestricted modification and redistribution of a work as long as any derived works maintain the same freedoms. Its circular design features a capital letter C with a diagonal backslash cutting through it, visually indicating the reversal of traditional copyright restrictions. This character is part of the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block in Unicode, though it has limited support across fonts and digital platforms, often appearing as a blank square or placeholder where the glyph is not available.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F16E |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Circled C with Overlaid Backslash |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🅮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🅮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD6E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F16E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd6e |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |