U+1F18E "🆎" Negative Squared Ab Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F18E "🆎" Negative Squared Ab is a single character used as an ideographic symbol to represent AB blood type, which is the rarest and a universal recipient blood type. It is part of the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block and features the letters "A" and "B" enclosed within a square, often displayed with a negative (white on dark) background. This character is commonly incorporated into digital text and interface designs, such as in medical applications, blood donation information, or user interface icons, to concisely and visually represent the AB blood group without requiring separate letters or formatting.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F18E
Version Added 6.0
Name Negative Squared Ab
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 0x86 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDD8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F18E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udd8e

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 Wide
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
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes