U+214D "⅍" Aktieselskab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⅍
U+214D "⅍" Aktieselskab is a typographic symbol used primarily in Danish, Norwegian, and other Scandinavian business contexts to denote an aktieselskab, which is a type of joint-stock or limited liability company similar to a corporation. This character, encoded in the Letterlike Symbols block of Unicode, serves as a concise abbreviation in legal, financial, and commercial documents, appearing alongside company names much like "Inc." or "Ltd." in English. Its design typically features the letters "A" and "S" combined in a single ligature, reflecting its linguistic and corporate heritage from Northern Europe.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+214D |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Aktieselskab |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x214D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000214D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u214d |
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 | Alphabetic |
| 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 |