U+1F21C "🈜" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-524D Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🈜
U+1F21C "🈜" Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-524D is a square-shaped symbol that encloses the CJK unified ideograph U+524D, which represents the Chinese character meaning "front," "before," or "previous." This character is part of the Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block in Unicode, designed for use in East Asian typography and signage, where it often appears in contexts such as buttons, labels, or interface elements to indicate a forward or preceding direction. Its squared format ensures compatibility with other enclosed ideographs, maintaining visual consistency in digital text and emoji-like applications, though it is distinct from standard emoji due to its specific encoding.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F21C |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Squared CJK Unified Ideograph-524D |
| Block | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Square |
| Decomposition Mapping | "前" U+524D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🈜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🈜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x88 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDE1C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F21C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\ude1c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "前" U+524D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "前" U+524D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| 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 |