U+249D "⒝" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter B Unicode Character
U+249D "⒝" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter B is a typographic convenience character that represents the lowercase letter "b" enclosed within parentheses, forming a single glyph used most commonly in lists, diagrams, or formatted text as a way to denote sequential sub-items or points without relying on separate formatting. It belongs to the "Enclosed Alphanumerics" block of Unicode, a set of characters designed to integrate seamlessly with other text in computing environments where such parenthesized letters may not be easily created through regular character combinations. While its primary function is in structured outlines or official documents, it also appears in informal contexts like chat or markup where a compact, single-character representation of a list marker is desired.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+249D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Latin Small Letter B |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x249D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000249D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u249d |