U+1F178 "🅸" Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🅸
U+1F178 "🅸" Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter I is part of the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block and depicts a white capital letter 'I' enclosed within a solid black square, giving it a negative or inverted appearance. It is designed for use in decorative or information contexts, such as signage, buttons, or user interface elements, where it can represent the word "information," serve as an abbreviation for various terms starting with 'I', or function as a stylized visual marker. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of version 6.0, primarily for compatibility with Japanese mobile phone emoji sets, but it is now available across platforms for general text and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F178 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter I |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F178 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd78 |