U+1F196 "🆖" Squared Ng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🆖
U+1F196 "🆖" Squared Ng is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block, representing the letters "NG" enclosed within a square. This character is primarily used in East Asian contexts, particularly in Japanese signage and labeling, where it often stands for "no good" or "not good" as a visual shorthand. It serves as a compact, graphical symbol to convey disapproval or a negative status in a way that is immediately recognizable in certain cultural and commercial settings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F196 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Squared Ng |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDD96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F196 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udd96 |