U+24A2 "⒢" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter G Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+24A2 "⒢" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter G is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, designed primarily for use in lists, diagrams, or notations where a letter needs to be visually enclosed for clarity or sequential ordering. It represents the lowercase letter 'g' surrounded by parentheses, offering a distinct and stylized form often employed in educational materials, outlines, or visual cues. This character is encoded as a precomposed glyph, ensuring consistent representation across different fonts and systems, and it serves as part of a larger set of parenthesized letters from A to Z. Its usage is purely symbolic, bridging aesthetic presentation with functional text organization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24A2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Latin Small Letter G |
| 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 "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24A2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024A2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24a2 |