U+1F17D "🅽" Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter N Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🅽
U+1F17D "🅽" Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter N is a typographic symbol that depicts a white uppercase letter "N" inside a solid black square, belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block. It is primarily used in signage, user interfaces, and iconography to represent neutrality, the word "no" as an abbreviation, or a negative or off state, though its meaning can vary by context such as marking a "No Parking" zone or identifying a neutral gear in automotive indicators. This character is distinct from ordinary letters as it conveys a visual block or enclosure, making it ideal for quick symbolic communication in digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F17D |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter N |
| 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 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD7D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F17D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd7d |