U+2485 "⒅" Parenthesized Number Eighteen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⒅
U+2485 "⒅" Parenthesized Number Eighteen is a typographic symbol found in the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, designed for use in lists, outlines, or other contexts where a visually distinct, enclosed number is needed. It consists of the numeral "18" surrounded by parentheses, forming a single composite glyph that is commonly employed in East Asian text standards and legacy character sets to represent sequential items in a clear and compact format. This character is part of a wider set of parenthesized numbers from one to twenty, which were originally included in Unicode for compatibility with pre existing character encodings used in print and digital media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2485 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Number Eighteen |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "1" U+0031 Digit One "8" U+0038 Digit Eight ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2485 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002485 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2485 |