U+2486 "⒆" Parenthesized Number Nineteen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2486 "⒆" Parenthesized Number Nineteen is a symbol within the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, representing the numeral 19 enclosed within parentheses for use in numbered lists, outlines, or other contexts requiring a compact, visually distinct ordinal marker. It is one of many characters in a series that extends from parenthesized numbers 1 through 20, designed to provide a standardized typographic alternative to manually formatting numbers with parentheses. This character is typically used in East Asian or Western text environments where consistent spacing and alignment are needed, and it should not be confused with combining characters or superscript forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2486 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Number Nineteen |
| 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 "9" U+0039 Digit Nine ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2486 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002486 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2486 |